I buy Vegetables
...I buy vegetables
lettuce, celery, parsley, radishes,
planning to eat them, to get healthier
so that my colon will smile
I plan to drink twelve glasses of water a day
in actuality, I do not dri...
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Categories:
radishes, food,
Form: Free verse
Come Back Colorful Butterfly Faerie
...colorful butterfly faerie flew into the garden today
The marigolds, lilies and lilacs all leaned her way
Wanting a favor, a glimpse, a look at her gown
She had a terrific personality, and no kind ...
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Categories:
radishes, 2nd grade, 4th grade,
Form: Rhyme
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...
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Categories:
radishes, garden,
Form: Narrative
Did Butterfly Princess Impress You
...Butterfly princess landed in the garden on a warm May day
She isn’t local, must be from an ever land far far away
Her gown was refined, with corals, lavenders and sky blue
She had dainty features,...
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Categories:
radishes, fantasy,
Form: Rhyme
both talking neither listening
...my telephone pal and I speak at each other daily
neither of us listens
but we know when to pause
and pretend
I speak of my garden
tomatoes, radishes, carrots, lettuce
she speaks of her grandd...
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Categories:
radishes, friendship,
Form: Free verse
get yourself to the garden
...turn off the news
get yourself outside to the garden
plant some radishes and carrots
get your hands dirty,
enjoy your dirt therapy
there is rarely anything more fun
than parading around in a ga...
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Categories:
radishes, garden,
Form: Free verse
feeding my stegosaurus
...my stegosaurus lurks in the bushes
hiding from the neighbors, because he is shy
fearful of their ridicule and prying questions
trusting only me, which makes me feel terrific
I toss celery, toma...
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Categories:
radishes, 1st grade, 2nd grade,
Form: Free verse
my advice about veggies
...I love my veggies, they make me so glad
Radishes, onions, carrots, like my dad
My mother loves lettuce, says it is rad
Tomatoes- veggie or fruit? Best we’ve had
My grandma makes veggie soup, go...
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Categories:
radishes, 10th grade, 4th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Water Dragons
...The roll of the waves hides the arcs of their backs.
The shoal of porpoises are feeding on squid.
Feasting amongst them on cephalopod snacks
Are green-scaled dragons that choose to be hid.
They...
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Categories:
radishes, fantasy, ocean,
Form: Rhyme
Saving Doris
...Doris was a beet who was well-loved
she was symmetrically and artistically beautiful.
the entire garden decided to hide her,
because they could not bear to see her eaten
carrots, radishes, gree...
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Categories:
radishes, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Yes, Growing a Fine Ole Southern Garden
...Yes, Growing A Fine Ole Southern Garden
In the garden strawberries are dancing about so red
Momma's cantaloupes laying there just waiting to be ate
Over there luscious red roses resting in ferti...
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Categories:
radishes, creation, environment, growth, memory,
Form: Sonnet
Gardening In Iowa
...I grew up in a small rural Iowa town
my parents were spawn of farmers
we had “farms” out in the country
we did not live on them but we planted them
our summers were spent hoeing, weeding, rakin...
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Categories:
radishes, farm,
Form: Prose Poetry
Bunny Dreams
...Bunny dreams up and down and all around
In technicolor, reds and pinks, no tans or brown.
Carrots, lettuce and radishes are dive bombing him.
He is excited to see it, loving his life, dreaming alo...
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Categories:
radishes, dream,
Form: Rhyme
Easter Dinner
...EASTER DINNER
they liked the one behind me
the teal and black checkerboard
its sparkling tiles on the diagonal
red, yellow, blue, pink pillows
on sofas and chair
the sunrise was un...
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Categories:
radishes, art, easter, food,
Form: Ekphrasis
Tomorrow God Willing
...I knew when I was pulling on my turquoise boots that Skunk would appear.
she is my semi-pet bunny; thinking herself feral, but I feed her kibble.
perfect gardening weather today; I till rows, mark...
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Categories:
radishes, garden,
Form: Free verse
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