Classic and Contemporary Poetry
GARDENS, by FLORA SHUFELT RIVOLA First Line: One can raise more in a garden than he'd think Last Line: Over and over in a hundred ways. Subject(s): Flowers; Gardens & Gardening; Grass | ||||||||
One can raise more in a garden than he'd think, Just off-hand thinking: he is apt to sink His own roots deep within the garden loam. Neighborliness thrives, too, and roots of home Go deep and deeper as his own root stirs. And weedingwhy, I've pulled cockle-burrs And rag-weed from my soul while I Knelt out beneath a burning summer sky To weed my garden beds. A garden pays Over and over in a hundred ways. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A PORTRAIT OF MY ROOF by JAMES GALVIN HIGH PLAINS RAG by JAMES GALVIN I FIX MY EYES ON A BLADE OF GRASS by DAVID IGNATOW METAPHOR OF GRASS IN CALIFORNIA by CHARLES MARTIN THE LAST DAY OF AUGUST by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE CUT THE GRASS by ARCHIE RANDOLPH AMMONS THE VOICE OF THE GRASS by SARAH ROBERTS BOYLE A PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING FOR THE SOUL OF AN ECCENTRIC MAN by FLORA SHUFELT RIVOLA |
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