Weeds and Wild Flowers (edit and new Title)

[Knot]

Hi Bryn,
I like the subject, but this would almost certainly benefit from pruning.
One question, do you need to mention the fruit/vegetables in S1? They vanish from the poem, never to return, and beginning with L4 (which should be starting S2 not ending S1) would certainly grab the reader.

tending to the wretched ................... 'tending' seems a bit, well tender.
dead nettle and spotted spurge
I turned towards wild flowers;

with such anticipation
sprouting might lend itself
to an easier harvest.

- I think 'feral grounds' confuses. And quite how the previously mentioned raised beds could be considered 'feral' is a mystery.
Also, what is the 'harvest'? I can see that word working when it was a vegetable plot, but for flowers? Not convinced.
Lastly, what, for N is the difference between a weed and a wild flower?

but each grows green
as the next, tall
as the next. Tight

little fists budding,
I find myself caught between
weed and wild flower.

in the anticipation, exploration, ......... second 'anticipation'
the ongoing blooming
kaleidoscope of simple truths. ........... like the sentiment, but the ending ... needs weeding.


Best, Knot


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