My Garden
I often visit garden centres
and with pleasure gaze
In admiration at the beauty
of their fine displays,
I watch the television
to pick up gardening hints
On growing perfect pansies, poppies,
or sweet scented pinks.
I'm an avid reader
of numerous gardening books
Because you see I take my pride
in how my garden looks;
I sit for hours and contemplate
- I plot and plan and scheme,
I'm sure with time I will design
the ideal garden scene.
Sitting in my garden
in happy idleness, I see
Long trails of thorny brambles twining
through the apple tree,
Thistles growing in the borders
reflect the shining sun,
Bindweed climbs the raspberry canes
and through the hedges run;
Nettles growing in odd corners
and couch grass lush and green-
Buttercups and dandelion
add colour to the scene;
I don't need to spend a fortune
on buying packs of seeds
Because I've become an expert
at growing crops of weeds.
Doreen Sparkes
Ashburnham Close
Chichester
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