09-14-2017, 10:57 AM
(09-14-2017, 07:44 AM)nibbed Wrote:(09-14-2017, 07:23 AM)vagabond Wrote:(09-14-2017, 06:59 AM)nibbed Wrote: Thank you for the poem, vagabond.
It served as a lovely beacon for me
as I stumbled in a strange fog.
I think the very last stanza could stand
alone as a very fine short poem.
nibbed
you´re right about the last stanza, it seems a little disconnected. it´s just the poem was inspired by a real yard where stinging nettles, st john´s worts and mock strawberries incidentally grew in the same place.
hi vagabond
Poetry is a marvel. I was in a different place.
I didn't see st john's worts, I saw words and thought of John 3:16
I love when poetry does that.
What a great thing to get so many useful plants in one place,
though I am not sure what mock strawberries are, I will
have to look them up! I wonder if they are like the wild strawberries
I have seen in a small field by a road near my house?
all the best
nibbed
looked up john 3:16 . i like some bible quotes. this is not one of them.
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