I enjoyed this, roses are such perfect tone-setters & scene-builders
KS
On 24/10/2007, Max Richards <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Snaps: Watering Roses
>
> Friends, dıyou want to know
> the reason my handıs bleeding?
>
> The rose I was watering
> ripped my hand, and itıs stinging.
> A rose that isnıt even blooming.
>
> I remain, the bleeding man
> with a watering can.
>
> *
> As for the two David Austinıs,
> planted the same day, two feet apart,
> (not by me I just water them):
>
> Christopher Marloweı blossoms wildly,
> William Shakespeareı buds tardily.
>
> *
> Watering our front garden makes green
> our downhill neighbourıs lawn.
>
> 8.30 am, Wednesday 24 October 2007
>
> Max Richards
> Doncaster, Victoria
>
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