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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