Gardening Poem
In the world we now live, this poem could not suit all but it made me titter, taken from an old gardening magazine. I’m...
Song for tired gardeners
Thought this up the other day when it summed up exactly how I felt. Sing to the tune of Lily Marlene.
I have had enough
...
Two little shoes on the step!
The family's gone home,
We feel a bit flat.
A bit tired too,
I need to add that!
The garden survived it,
Sun's shining again!
But...
Happy happy garden.
These are joyful garden rhymes ...
... precious days and cheerful times ...
Paths between
the alpine theme ...
Shrubs of...
A Serene Christmastime
May your winter be gorgeous and green,
with foliage healthy and clean ...
May December have crisp sparkling weather,
And...
Help Wanted
Help Wanted
Timothy Tocher
Santa needs new reindeer.
The first bunch has grown old.
Dasher has arthritis;
Comet hates the...
November
Pinch punch, White rabbits and all that. Here's a little something which I jotted down..
A bitter wind in tidying
the pages...
WINTER BIRCH
Silver birch ~ a winter's night ~
snow flakes in the early light ...
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Stormy...
An Unexpected Gift..
I love the little birdies,
as they flitter through the trees..
I keep them fed and watered,
and stock up on treats and seeds.
But...
Postie :o)
Here's the Postie we all like.
Kind and cheerful on his bike.
Always helpful. Full of smiles.
Feet have pedalled many miles.
Bicycle...
My Garden Poem by Me...
A day in the life of my garden begins,
With me getting home,
Going out with more things,
To potter around and tenderly care,
To...
A Perfect Lady
I knew a girl who was so pure pure She coudn't say the word manure.Indeed her modesty was such,She woudn't pass rabbit hutch;...
Chilling in the garden
On my patio is a glazed pot with no holes
Summer is great but its no good in the cold
With all the rain the water's inches...
fragility
what asks me to walk out tonight, if not the honeysuckle scent, or thinking of that frantic cabbage white and wondering where...
DON'T SPEAK TO ME OF AUTUMN!
DON'T SPEAK TO ME OF AUTUMN
IT JUST FILLS ME WITH DISMAY
FOR THE BROWN AND GOLDS OF AUTUMN
ARE THE COLOURS OF DECAY
DON'T...
TEAMWORK
Our gardens needed winter work ~
the trees and leaves were blowing.
We'd trained with dumb-bells 'clean and jerk'
so now...
FEDERER THE TOAD
This anecdote, told
With the rhymes of this ode,
Shows how to be bold ...
Even if you're a toad ...
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I'd...
Summer, where art thou?
It's absolutely bucketing,
Which does not make my heart to sing!
'Tis dark and glooms with thundercloud
Something which should...
♪♫♩ ♬ BUSY BUSY BEE ♪♫ ♩♬
Inspired by the Arthur Askey song .......
Oh, what a wonderful thing to be,
A healthy, grown up, busy busy bee ...
Whiling...
CABIN FEVER
Suffering from Cabin Fever ?
Want to scream just like a Diva ?
Weather blowing up a gale ?
Garden full of freezing hail...
A poem from the heart
So spring has finally arrived
The soil is warming up
The grass will soon be luscious
with some feed and a little luck
The...
GoY 'HUG A HAMSTER' BLOG
Welcome to GoY 'Hug A Hamster' Blog :o)))
Please hug a hamster, or hug any plant or tree ...
or pet ... or person .....
Aunty molly's poem Part two.
I remember, I remember
Sydney park where we used to play,
The little pond with sloping sides
Where Fred fell in one day.
The...
OCTOBER MORNING
I woke up very early this morning and for the first time, I could smell the coming winter in the air.
I know that this is...
A liitle poem
My lovely Aunt Molly ,who lived to the grand old age of 93 loved her garden and did it herself until she was 86.She had always...
GARDEN GRIDLOCK ...
My gardens are white and bleak and freezing ...
... so cold, that the Forest Flame is sneezing !
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It's...
Another poem
Very many thanks for the lovely comments about my "Autumn" poem. It was the fastest I have written a poem: 35 minutes.I won't...
autumn poem
*i look out on a windy day,
autumn comming fast, we cant delay,
all our work blown away,
but we keep it going for another...
My Gardening Hobby - a poem
My Gardening Hobby
My garden is looking ever so grim,
My overgrown bushes need a good trim.
The grass is as soggy as it can...
Gardener's Delight - a poem
Gardener’s Delight
Oh why such seeds so small as dust,
Do you, your life to me entrust.
Your needs are small just water and...
A Gift.
My daughter gave me something different for Mothers' Day -a book of poems, set out so that there's one for each day of the...
♪♪♪ EASTER BONNET ♪♪♪
I could hardly wait to keep our date ..
This lovely Easter morning ..
And my heart beat fast
As I came through the door...
Unexpected gift
I’m not one for being envious
But I admit to feeling miffed
Seeing all your lovely snowdrops
In groups or in a drift!
Imagine...
A Ladybird Pedia Page .....
Im Small & Pretty so some say & you`l sometimes see me out on a Warm Sunny Day,
Also good for your garden cause i...
Garden Waste (Les Barker)
Garden Waste (Les Barker)
I’d never had a garden,
So I smiled all summer; watched it grow.
Flowers came and flowers went,
With...
Favourite Flowers A Poem
A Poem about a few favourite flowers.
Favourite Flowers
My lily of the valley, you are to me,
A vision of beauty for all...
FEBRUARY
FEBRUARY CAN BE FAIR OF FACE
AS IT CASTS THE SUN ON THE GARDEN PLACE
ITS WARMTH JUST A LITTLE TO LIFT YOUR SOUL
BUT STILL...
The Little Pottery Man
There once was a little pottery man
All alone and sad.
His Mamy and Dady had gone away,
And he was feeling bad.
All alone...
Where are the snowdrops?
"Where are the snowdrops?" said the sun.
"Dead" said the frost, "Buried and lost, every one."
"A foolish answer," said the...
It's a wonder how you DARE !
Tiny snowdrop, growing there ...
It's a wonder how you dare !
Flowering so pert and bold ...
Don't you know it's icy...
The CONIFER KING :o)
During a chat with Bluespruce, we decided it would be fun if I made a blog about his garden "Foxhollow".
...I've put poetry...
IVE FOUND THEM..
EVERY DAY IVE LOOKED TO SEE
IF ANY SNOWDROPS
ARE GROWING
UNDER THE TREE........
IVE LOOKED AND LOOKED
AND NEVER FOUND
A...
REST IN PEACE NOW MUM xxxx
Hi all!
I just wanted to firstly say how wonderful my first year was on GoY last year and how much, so many of you touched...
" FIRE WITHOUT SMOKE "
Whether you are burning wood inside or out this could be useful to you .......
Beechwood fires are bright and clear,
If the...
THE LITTLE CHRISTMAS TREE.
i was going to buy.
a rooted christmas tree
So that every year
it would be ready for me.
But down our local plant shop
they...
Houseleek BABIES :o)
A few weeks ago I mailed some of my little houseleeks to Dawnsaunt.
As a surprise for her, I included a poem inside the...
A Talking Ladybird !!!!!!!!!!!
Dont be to tidy in the Garden a Ladybird Z 2 Me!
Leave it Nice & Messy like the Pic`s you`l see ?
I hide to survive...
'Going Potty!'
'Going Potty!'
I put my husband on the spot
"For Christmas I would like a pot!"
It has to be a special one
And finding it...
A 'FLOODY GARDEN' VERSE....
For Jacque and TT (not sure which section it will fit!!)
Reflections on a flood!
Verse inspired by the Hippopotamus song...
Pusses Day Out Poem 4 TT :)
The Suns got its hat on & im out to play , cos Mum says im well enough 2 sit in the Sunshine today
MMMMMmmmmmmmmm it...
THE GARDEN.
Now with all the wind and rain
It makes you wonder
How the plants come up again.
They go to sleep
For half a year
Then raise...
Pam Ayres on Gardening
I switched on BBC Radio 7 purely by chance while in the kitchen this morning, and was rewarded with this:
Quiet please! Kindly...
MY GARDEN CALENDAR POEM IN PICTURES ....
J is for January and for JR-Garrya elliptica "James Roof"
JR under snow and ice...
Keeps his tassels looking nice.
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F...
A Seasons Poem By Me :)
A is for Autumn as everyone knows the tree leaves turn Golden & the wind blows
Winter comes next with the cold frosty...
The brighter side of life ..?
When your heart is heavy and the world seems truly mean ,
Step into your garden and look for things unseen,
Your spirits...
poem for TT,
im sitting here deciding what to do but its none stop rain as uaual, and need to do my shop so after our poetic evening lastnight...
A Bee & Borage Poem !!!
Pretty Blue Borage against A Lovely Clear Blue Sky
So Qiute & Peaceful
Until Mr Bumble Comes Flying Buy
Hes Little...
Poem for a novice gardener
Here is a silly ditty -hope you like!!!
I am a novice gardener
I take what help I can
With care and love and God above
I...
Knitting a coat for a Chicken
I'm knitting a coat for a chicken,
What? I hear you cry,
She's lost it, She's mad,
No its not that bad
Listen I'll tell...
Black Birds Breakfast Poem
I was flying past this Apple Tree , so i flew closer so i could see
I found a Branch on which to sit & so i sat &...
A little snow poem from Canada
A little poem for those of you in the UK who just had 1" of snow!
It's winter in Canada
And the gentle breezes blow...
Autumn
I do love the Autumn colours...
Nature has its own beauty.
I wrote a poem about autumn...
searches through my poem collection...
Stolen Moments
To the washing line I walk in haste
my footsteps chased by time I cannot waste
The grass is dressed in crystalline white
a...
Poem this time
A rose bud by my early walk
A rose bud by my early walk,
Adown a corn -inclosed bawk
Sae geantly bent its thorny stalk,
All...
My Garden Gate
My garden blooms with roses rare
And trees where nestlings mate
In early spring when soft winds sigh
Around my garden gate.
A...
Quote / Poem
The kiss of the sun for pardon
The song of the birds for mirth
one is nearer to god's heart is in the garden
than anywhere...
another silly 1
thank you peter,paul and ajay
youve created a hit thats all i can say
ive met new friends or should i say goys
all lovely...
goy joy
i found a site that they call goy
its full of pics and blogs full of joy
theres american,australians,welsh and irish
talking...
Tis the season
gardens to visit,
home and away
from my own back yard
I have plenty to say
my family of plants
rejuvinate
as the season...
Silence in a Garden
Silence in a garden doesn't mean to hear 'no sound'
Silence in a garden ....means humans... that bow down
To lovely sounds...
Here's One I Wrote Earlier
They say the British are obsessed with the weather and who can blame us? After a balmy January and a difficult February,...
A Gardeners Life is Full Of
I saw this poem in a mag and I loved it
A Gardeners life ...
Digging , Levelling , Weeding , Seeding
Planting , Waiting ,...
Thank you
Thank you to all our initial members for road-testing Grows on You. We are very grateful for the feedback we have received....
