Petweed Quadrille (2nd April 2022)

By paborama

Wed, 06 Apr 2022
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Petweed - the weed that accumulates around a duck's legs;

A duck that is beholden to you since you dislodged the 

Potamogeton impeding his progress.

Floating, quacking, befriended duck,

I love how his dipping head nudges my hand as I feed him

Tortellini in brodo.

Certificate U
Poem
NaPoWriMo April 2022
Surreal
Talecatching
Nature

Comments

Submitted by Di_Hard on

This reminded me vividly of a duck I used to know, her thing was raw broad beans though, never tried tortellini :0) I loved your poem

 

Submitted by paborama on

I fear that would give my duck a stomach ache (though gluten probs isn't great for him either!)
Thank you for your comment! ;-)

Submitted by Di_Hard on

yes, my Dad grew them, and used to let them get really big, I would have a HUGE  bucket of pods and sit shelling them, and Isadora would scramble onto my lap and GUZZLE through pods. They came out the other end pretty quick, as you suggest. I wondered if she liked them because they felt like big juicy insects? I do hope it wasn't because she thought I was her Mum and it was the right thing to do. Have you known your duck from hatching?

 

Submitted by paborama on

Sadly, no.  He's imaginary.

The Tortellini are on the stove and real, however ;-)