Secateurs Poems - Poems about Secateurs

DANDELION

...DANDYLION

I am a humble dandelion
(You see, I know my place)
I’m not up there with the roses,
I occupy a lower space.
To some I’m an unwanted weed,
At best an unwanted flower...

How It Came About

...(a turtle creation story)

Turtle flexed his jaws
as hard as secateurs.
Monkey-See saw
flew up the slippery trees
mimicking
the snapping sound
above the mealy ground.

It was the first Satu...

Kindling Kindness

...Finally, she could get down on her knees again, not in prayer but to touch rosemary and lavender which had begun to send its fragrance into the spring and rising warmth in nature’s heart. There was n...

Indigestion

...the bridge he needed to cross was overgrown with tangled thicket’s brush

ragwort and giant hogweed littered the pernicious path to his own progress 

of perspectives and the slow death from stag...

Thorn In the Flesh

...a thorn pricked her skin so venom oozed out

she laughed it off with one almighty shout

lanced the huge boil and proceeded to reap

ignored sharp pain though the bandage did seep


blessing...

A Thorn Among Roses

...A THORN AMONG ROSES

I tell my blooms I’ll protect them
And see they meet no harm.
So, if you come near with your secateurs,
I’ll scratch you on the arm.

But the blooms all s...

Garden Path

...as if Monet had planted water lilies in Babylon

          hanging gardens at the heart of a canvas of joy

                    hiding despair at Speaker’s corner in Hyde Park

debating journey...

Miracle

...The once magnificent garden had become a paradise of weeds towering high

Ragwort and dandelion shedding their seeds took over the lonely asylum

Rakes shears shovels and secateurs rested where T...

Lean Time

...As the days shorten and skies darken
Greenwich meantime feels like a lean time.
With a heavier coat I go out scarfed,
my hat pulled down, to find those last leaves
compact in corners and crevices...

The Hidden Garden In My Winter Forest

...
"The Hidden Garden in My Winter Forest"



First you must find the steps
Covered in wet moss, fog and cobwebs
It’s not easy to find, 
the Hidden ...

Half a Century

...Half a Century

Fifty is not old if you are a tree and the oak tree holds acorns
already planted in waiting for the wheel of life to continue in
sentient beings on time weathered paths one step a...

The Wicker Baskets

...The Wicker baskets

Rooster crackled, fresh new day!
Sun arose planting gentle kiss
on the Earth's fore-head....
A cottage in the woods stood elegant
Lilted the cool breeze outside so pleasant!...

Walking, As She Would

...singing, entrancing
the winding stream cleaves the high valley
grey mist consoles silent sentinels
of a remnant sylvan ribbon
midwinter dawn excites the sleeping wild rose
all is whiteness and t...

My Impenetrable World

...I love the sweet violins of my world
That issue the clandestine tunes, 
To soothe my nerves and quench 
My desires spooky and strange; 
I love the forlorn sight of the sand dunes
That adorn the ...

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