In spring and summer most of my time is used in the garden
at times I think I have too much garden
Picking and plucking along the ground
weeds are like words in my garden
Time to share with hummingbirds and bees
who bury themselves in plants of the garden
Slugs don’t stand a chance if they climb through my fence
I will murder them if they enter green garden
I could buy a bag of peppers from the grocery store
would rather I harvest from plants in the garden
Joy of seeing a chipmunk or black-capped chickadee
as they pick out seeds from the garden
Now I know why my beans didn’t grow
because of that mole in my garden
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dVerse prompt to write a ghazal
wordshophop 
What a great theme!
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I like the subject matter here too. I especially liked it when you brought in words and thought you might draw more parallels to writing, but your choices were good, the poem gives us a complete picture and is filled with great energy, characters and action.
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I love this as gardens are wonderful and keep us alive and loving against all odds. Love the twist with the mole! A lot of Andalusian of the Islamic heritage is about gardens so a good theme for a ghazal.
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