I went out to the garden
looking for spelling bees
there were many beside me—
a bumble bee entered foxglove’s bell
it was not the one I seek
then one buzzed my head
anxious at my presence
to say the word
say the word
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dVerse prompt for a quadrille using the word spell
Tomato said, “I will speak for the life of the sauce that finds me squashed or diced and sometimes whole.
Fig said, “I will speak for the jam that sweetens my flavor in a delightful spread on biscuit.
Onion said, “I belong in every garden, in every dish and in your tears.
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NaPoWriMo Day 20 prompt to write a poem that anthropomorphizes food.
Come
into the garden
at dawn
before
dew dries
from the dragonfly
Come
as the sun
filters
through cedars
to glow
on the rippled
waters of pond
Come
with trowel and seed
energy
to last all day
pluck a weed
don’t forget
to feed
hungry peonies
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NaPoWriMo Day 19 prompt to write a command poem. This is my garden commanding me to get to work.
Temperate climate
soil is loose and ready
to cultivate
arugula radicchio
celery cabbage kale
chard favas beets
made it through
kept warm under snowfall
now start to grow
nibbled by rabbit and slugs
buds swell on the fig
red of rhubarb emerges
cold brewed
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dVerse prompt to write a quadrille and use the nibble word.
Rain is falling
branches ready to snap
leaves blow everywhere
he waits to go rake
leaves pile higher
at least clear a path so I won’t fall down
little at a time will get the job done
🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁
Rain is falling
look the sun just came out
grab your rake and go
it might not last long
glistening on tree
how can you take a nap at times like this
it could be the last time we see this sun
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dVerse prompt on a pet peeve— like when my husband doesn’t help raking leaves 🍁 and I sit writing this
Set roots in a proper manner
find more fertilizer to pamper
my rosebush
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Tallest of all rhododendron
species of rhodie maximum
is rosebay
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First of the garden blooms in spring
small yet delightfully pretty
many primrose
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Bringing it into the kitchen
flavors food in many dishes
this rosemary
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A bloom that lasts only one day
be quick or you won’t have time to
smell rockrose
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dVerse prompt to write Compound Word Verse
“What are the roots that clutch, what branches grow out of this stony rubbish?”
(Richard always asked questions. Even when he was giving an answer, he would speak the answer in the form of a question. Sometimes that made life miserable and misunderstood. Other times it brought clarity and enlightenment.)
“Was it rhubarb?”
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dVerse prompt using the line from The Wasteland by T S Eliot
I am drawn to the garden, to rake, shovel and hoe until dusk, on the longest daylight of the year. There is so much to do. The blue wheelbarrow is filled with mulch and rolls back and forth delivering its load. Weeds are pulled and branches pruned. The garden blooms in the solstice sun and I must strive to get a year’s work done until another one.
weeds come and go
get the seeds before they grow
temporary fix
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dVerse prompt for solstice haibun
WE are going out to fix the garden
dormant ground for years
overgrown weed trees &
shrubs now tree tall
it is a miracle anything survived
in thick Texas soil
parched & cracked in summer’s
ninety degrees & climbing
our sweat pours out
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dVerse prompt to write a quadrille with the word fix.
Shall we go?
One will shovel
One will hoe
Feel the dirt
Between our toes
Work until sunlight goes
Shall we go?
Shall we go?
Turn the soil
Don’t say no
Need to ready
Soil is what we know
Make plants want to grow
Shall we go?
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NaPoWriMo prompt on an inspiration from music. This is a spring song for entering into the ground breaking work of gardening.
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