What's it to be, with this wee plant, and me?
What will we see, fruit flower, or tree?
If it's fruit we want, and flowers to see, we'll surely need help, from a neighborly bee.
Pruning a tree or shrub by me, is a job you see, but it's all for free.
While feeding a tree, knowing sprayings not free, quality fruits are well worth the fee.
Results are what counts, whether flower or fruit, a showcase of beauty for all to see.
In conclusion, a garden of joy we see, to share with friends like you and me.
And this my friends, ends this tale, from me, as I'm constantly filled with gardening glee.
john wilkinson late spring 2011
Tutti Fruiti
Lovers ladling luscious love sips,
Kiss kumquats for passionate pair.
Peaches and pears and purple plums
Fresh fruit fritters fling affair
Love apples, appetite appealing,
Lovely lips in tasty tender
Nectar needing naught to sweeten
Sweethearts sail to swift surrender.
Cantaloupe couple, cozily connected
In wonder of their wedded bliss.
Passion preferred fruit of choice,
Juxtaposed in juicy kiss.
Sailing on the sensual seas
Of Italian idyll indolence.
Feasting on forbidden fruits,
Nuptial love as their defense.
For Linda Marie's Luscious Love Lingers contest 8th place
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