My Shed

A ball of twine, a washing line
A bag of peat, an old dust sheet
A rope
Some wire
An old flat tyre
A roller-skate, a garden gate

Some dry grass seed, a millipede
A sack of sand, one glove, left hand
A torch 
A mallet
A painters pallet
A cracked fish tank, a broken plank

A headless gnome, some dried out loam
An old bike bell,  a snail shell
A spade
A fork
A champagne cork
The dogs toy bone, a traffic cone

It's cleared away, it took all day
I find it is, quite safe to say
It used to fit, But who knows how
My garden shed is empty now
Copyright © | Year Posted 2011

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Brown Avatar
January 11, 2012 at 7:13 AM
I am stopping by to thank you for sharing your poetry with us Nick. I would also like to thank you for your kind comments on my poetry. Love, Carol
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December 20, 2011 at 12:56 PM
Love it!
Breidenthal Avatar
December 17, 2011 at 12:53 AM
This is great! You described a garden shed well, and kept our minds flooded with poetic imagry into your memory and mind. Always, Laura
Treetop Avatar
November 27, 2011 at 6:22 PM
Yes, oh yes even in Australia!
Flanders Avatar
November 25, 2011 at 12:50 PM
Very well put and so true to all life found in sheds the length and breadth of the land. Enjoyed.
Lane Avatar
November 25, 2011 at 9:49 AM
Man I love my garden shed. My son and I were outside cooking the turkeys for Thanksgiving in my smoker and we stood there admiring the shed and then we went and stood in it.
Jane Avatar
November 25, 2011 at 9:16 AM
Very funny, thought this was great!
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