Moon Flower

By skinner_jennifer

Thu, 18 Jan 2018
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Bitter Winter lingers

taking center stage,

undaunted by

birth of Spring,

 

passive roots sleep now

find comfort in rest,

solace couched beneath earth

of fine nourished loam,

 

transition soon switches

leaping into Summer,

orgy of weeds surface

pretentious ramblers,

 

spurning well ordered beds

snaking unperturbed,

shooting up between

well groomed heads,

 

If left neglected

tumbledown confusion,

but if like me you don't mind disorder

let flora have its day.

 

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Comments

Submitted by Insertponceyfre... on

I like this Jenny. Is a moonflower another name for bindweed?

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

I enjoy the wildflower or weed medley, too, Jenny, though sometimes the weeds have their day and have to be hauled out for new ones to grow!

in verse 2 passive routes sleep now I wondered if you meant the 'roots' of the plants?

I enjoyed the reminder that that rich growth will soon surge out. Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Ladylily on

From Winter to Spring eventually to Summer. The transition between seasons are magical as you have shown in this lovely poem. Written well Jennifer, for your love of nature is rich and i'm sure your minds eye as plenty more stories to tell which I look forward to reading. X

LadyLily

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on

Hi insert, yes you're right it is bind weed, but we have loads of it in the garden. I decided years ago when we first moved into our house that we'd try and remove it, but the plant just kept coming back, so now I just let the weeds grow among evergreen bushes, shrubs and trees.

I think I've given up putting flowers in the garden, now I just grow them in pots which is a lot easier to look after. We do get a lot of wildlife so there is a plus to not being careful.

Anyway I'm glad you liked the poem and thank you for letting me know.

Jenny.

 

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on

Hi Rhiannon,

oops! Yes you're right about that word route being root, thank you for letting me know.

I'm not much one for gardening these days, so I suppose I've let things go a bit. Maybe I'll be more enthusiastic now my hip's better. But to be honest I do like a wild garden as long as it's not encroaching on the neighboring gardens. It's a kind of mishmash of shrubs, trees and grass with weeds in between.

Glad you enjoyed reading and thank you for sharing your thoughts that are always welcome.

Jenny.

 

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on

Many thanks for stopping by to read LadyLily,

you know I think we're so lucky to have the changing seasons, I don't think I could cope with just one season all year round. It gives inspiration to look forward and plan.

I think with all the problems in the world the one thing you can always rely on to make things better is the natural world, with it's sights, sounds and fragrances.

Always the simple aspects of life are the best and may they be looked after.

I treasure your words of encouragement and again I'm thankful to you for sharing.

Jenny. X

 

Submitted by Di_Hard on

It's not weeds in your garden it's a wildflower meadow, helping local biodiversity. I agree with you, much rather see plants busy with insects and birds rather than in plastic appearing perfection! Even though they are often so tough, there's a delicacy to wildflowers which I love. Near us in the Summer there's patch of bindweed with willowherb growing through and it's lovely. Bindweed always looks so exotic, when I was  little I secretly brought some home and planted it in my Dad's vegetable garden as a lovely surprise for him. Fortunately he noticed before it had settled in. He was a very patient and hard put upon Dad :0)

 

Submitted by Di_Hard on

ps I hope your hip is better so you can get out and enjoy nature again this year

 

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on

Hi there Di_Hard,

it's lovely to hear from you. I so enjoyed reading your comment and your shared thoughts. It's great that you can understand where I'm coming from and I'm glad you have an appreciation of the natural world.

One thing I always find fascinating is that even in towns and cities with there concrete jungles, plant life will always find a way of returning eventually over time, creeping through cracks where seeds can germinate, even if humans come along with their weed killers, the beauty and strength of nature is robust. May their resilience continue.

Thank you for reading and taking the time out to leave a comment.

By the way also thank you so much for your kind words on my hip. Yes it's so much better and I'm walking every day so much easier now.

Take care.

Jenny.