Burdock Poems - Poems about Burdock

Undergrowth with Two Figures - Van Gogh

...I have the rhythm of a winding road
how do I consign myself to being confined
rows of poplar pillars prop
the rendezvous canopy beneath we meet
—I self-cajole on ooh-la-la afternoon 

yellow ey...

Herbing

...Enjoy a lively walk among stinging nettles in spring. 
Skip along and listen to your heart sing. 
Dash through fields of dandelions in summer,  
Feel the vibrant energy of the finest gossamer. 

...

No answer

...When I was a child, 
I had a tomcat that loved sleeping in my bed, 
and a dog that lived outside
and barked at night when demons would come. 
I wore sneakers, shorts, 
and a green hat made from ...

Love and Dandelions

...Blow-ball and Cankerwort,
words born from a common tongue.?
Lions tooth, ?
Priests Crown, ?
Moles Salad and piss-a-bed.?
?
English is most practical ?
when it is rustic and colloquial.

‘Swi...

Dandelion and Burdock

...New life will come in Spring
Nature always wins
He can fake anything
She holds on to life in Winter
Let's go in Summer
Who would be interested
In such a meaningless thing....

How To Spell Dandelion

...Blowball and cankerwort,
words born from a common tongue.
English is most practical
when it is rustic and colloquial.
Lions tooth, priests crown,
moles salad and pee-a-bed.

‘Swine snout’ snor...

Pocket Money

...Pocket Money.
.
Pocket money
Was a way of shutting us pesky kids up
At least for the rest of the week
If Mum and Dad
Had the luck
.
Fifty pence
Was quickly spent
Out of one hand into anothe...

The Bench In the Labyrinth

...Deep in a silva of the Emerald Isle there hides a peculiar coppice,
Shaped in a spiral labyrinth which is seen only on the summer solstice. 

As the sun rises to its highest of tides and the day o...

The Princess and the Swan

...THE PRINCESS AND THE SWAN

As the storm raged, there were several knocks on the door,
She stood the completely drenched, from her head down to the floor.
This stunning princess was looking for so...

Mabel Vera Cone 1893-1911

...Mabel Vera Cone

1893-1911

No one knew I existed.

No one knew I died.

No one, not even my family,

Knew I lived in the back,

Out back, way behind the small white house

On shady Can...

Colourification

...Oh, Burdock! Let me see spring's fuchsia
Against sapphire skies touched with clouds bistre
Let ivory raindrops flow from clouds lackluster
To nurture emerald hallelujahs 

Let thy fuchsia sl...

Faith Healer

...The old faith healer carefully got things ready.
She had spring water collected from the source
that had been taken at the night of the new moon.
Some special herbs also gathered by moonlight.

...

Wooden Soul

...I make this detection
upon introspection
of the woodblock inside me named soul
I'm sightless to beauty
on par with a cootie
or, moreover, an underground mole

I distinguish not burdock
from daisy nor...

Shasta

....




                                                      Shasta Daisy white
                                              Yellow face to light teardrop
                                     ...

Mending Nets

...Dockworkers on strike, the ocean gray
and choppy. Wind whips the rigging 
of a sailing ship with its weathered hag – 
figurehead once lovely in a gentler
age. What Time weaves of us. A line 

f...

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