WelI , I did change it from ‘fondle’, Patrick.
Bill
On Wed, 23 Jan 2019 at 8:14 pm, Patrick McManus <
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> Hi Bill what fun -but I of course got a bit caught up about dangling my
> hose in the garden (esp if neighbours about!) but then I am a rather
> crude person being a poetperson
>
> On 22/01/2019 23:54, Sheila Murphy wrote:
> > There are many attractive features to this poem, Bill, and I appreciate
> > your use of the form. What you are saying makes the greatest sense to me.
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Jan 22, 2019 at 4:38 PM Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> It’s bloody hot round our region at the moment. 26-41 on Friday
> predicted
> >> and we have only had 4 mm of rain in the last month. Hence the following
> >> villanelle.
> >>
> >> Summer’s the time to dangle your hose.
> >>
> >> Stand in the shade and let it pour out.
> >>
> >> Planting is poetry; watering prose.
> >>
> >>
> >> Beat back the dryness. Soak on. Interpose.
> >>
> >> You’re all that stands between lushness and drought.
> >>
> >> Summer’s the time to dangle your hose.
> >>
> >>
> >> Commune with magpies and kookas and crows.
> >>
> >> Swat wasps and mosquitoes - keep moving about.
> >>
> >> Planting is poetry; watering prose.
> >>
> >>
> >> You don’t need to think, the job’s H20’s.
> >>
> >> Be still for a while, be whisper, not shout.
> >>
> >> Summer’s the time to dangle your hose.
> >>
> >>
> >> The task is a matter of pauses and flows.
> >>
> >> Some plants you can trust, some leave you in doubt.
> >>
> >> Planting is poetry, watering prose.
> >>
> >>
> >> Douse that magnolia you carefully chose.
> >>
> >> Celebrate wins - cheer each small green sprout.
> >>
> >> Summer’s the time to dangle your hose.
> >>
> >> Planting is poetry; watering prose.
> >>
> >>
> >> bw
> >>
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