Cuttings Poems - Poems about Cuttings

I Learned Gardening from my Parents

...My mother had a way with green plants
They wanted to please her, and so they did.
She took cuttings and gave them to neighbors.
Millions of cuttings. Provided the town with cuttings.

We kids we...

Suspicious Upper

...

     Planned a pretty picnic, yet didn’t predict 
     Pigs begged - please eat us
     Allocated table had laid out a feisty feast
     Mince never been seen since 

     Rolled in cracklin...

rainfall on roses, petals fall

...I grew a rose from cuttings
pinched from a loved one's plot,
watered at ground-level, not at the top.
Dung and mulch kept well away, 
from stems lest their collars rot.
In time, it grew buds tha...

The Demise of jim crow in Minneapolis

...Fifty years ago...the age of self-reflection

Hollow crumbs, shadows of proud vestiges
As minneapolis' jim crow vanished slowly,
Painfully, no longer admired at country club
Cocktail parties cel...

Ocelots

...
"Ocelots"

It was during that time 
they all decended into the lush fields of poetic madness,
swaying indolently with the other tall green poppies, 
who for once in their s...

My Grandmother's Pot Plants

...

Against the side fence,
four long planks of wood
ascended like steps supported
on pillars of old red bricks 
serving as a stand 
for my Grandmother's collection 
of potted plants.
Cuttings...

Simple Simon

..."Simon Edy, known as Old Simon, (1709-18 May 1783) was a London beggar who may have served as an inspiration for a popular nursery rhyme. He lived in a derelict "Rats' Castle" in the rookery of Dyott...

War without weapon

...War without weapon
=================

War takes place with
The help of weapons,
Weapons win or fighters win.
God alone knows.

Can a fight take place
Without weapons? 
Yes, fights do take p...

War without weapon

...War without weapon
=================

War takes place with
The help of weapons,
Weapons win or fighters win.
God alone knows.

Can a fight take place
Without weapons? 
Yes, fights do take p...

The Magnolia Tree

...There are those special moments in life
That become etched in one's heart
Leaving a sweet precious memory 
Etched….. never to depart

I have one so treasured memory
Though so simple in its act
...

Garden Shears

...I bought a pair of garden shears,
The first I’ve ever used.
The shrubs looked much too tall and wild
So I was most enthused.

I have no training, but I thought
Some snipping here and there
Wou...

Flown and Gone in Gentle Grace

...
                       I
  “What in carnation is this?”,
A July sun breaks my winter sleep,
  and ghosts in the fog my only peace.
This early morning hoar chills
  the flesh and marrow, an...

To Be a Poet, Oft Strong Commands Come At Night

...To Be A Poet, Oft Strong Commands Come At Night

Oh, gawd- comes raging middle of the night
This horrid current, rise up and now write
An electric jolt, firing through me bones
Of new fortress l...

My Addingham

...(The memories are simple, living the feeling significant)

After conquering Beamsley Beacon due Southwest,
Rombald’s moor stood, while for centuries
within the valley the minute dwellings
of gre...

Bonsai

...I like to show up early
  He was always late.
  I planned my every move
  While he relied on fate.

  If I decided somethings wrong
  He would decide it's right.
  Like a willow I would sway
...

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