11-27-2011, 05:07 PM
Amended 8/12/12 - experiment (removal of end of line punctuation..not sure whether capital letters need removing and internal commas)
Lawns
Flowers
Filled hours
with snatched moments
Beneath spreading oaks
an old cob-webbed shed rests
its head on a listing fence
home to bent forks and rusting spades
musty sacks, smashed flower pots and string
Longing for bright sun and sweet smell of spring
Old Joe sits clutching his mug of hot tea
with knotted hands, twisted like briars
evidence of long hours spent
tending shrubberies and paths
ancient hedges and lawns
Back-breaking labour
For his master
and mistress
he’d die
Why?
ps - I pronounce 'flowers etc. with two syllables'
Lawns
Flowers
Filled hours
with snatched moments
Beneath spreading oaks
an old cob-webbed shed rests
its head on a listing fence
home to bent forks and rusting spades
musty sacks, smashed flower pots and string
Longing for bright sun and sweet smell of spring
Old Joe sits clutching his mug of hot tea
with knotted hands, twisted like briars
evidence of long hours spent
tending shrubberies and paths
ancient hedges and lawns
Back-breaking labour
For his master
and mistress
he’d die
Why?
ps - I pronounce 'flowers etc. with two syllables'