Best Homegrown Poems

For years, those homegrown scents have been stuck in my head.                                  ...

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Recalling how chiggers can itch
I'll still cross the muddiest ditch
the biggest blackberries to find.
Deet sends most critters to their niche.

Wrestling briers, a path I'll stake
while dreaming of cobblers to bake...
Whoa! my full pail I left behind
the moment I spotted a snake.

Returning with weapon in tow
and...

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No mansion on the lake

A cottage on the lane

A hub for dwelling sake

Worn wood on windowpane

Potatoes in the bin

A mattress for my bed

A table in the den

Suffice for breaking bread

A garden wrought with weeds

That flourishes in the Fall

But still supplies my needs

When neighbors come to...

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