On hearing the latest study from RHS on how effective gardening is for boosting your physical & mental health....
A boost for the body
A balm for the soul
Go grab your shovel
Take up your trowl
Dig up your past
Remove all the weeds
Moving on fast
By planting new seeds
Reach for the sun
As you grow
Your success
New life has begun
A gardener is blessed
Many Thanks to M C Newberry, Brenda and Jordyn for the likes.
M.C I can almost hear you singing your poem there!
Brenda I'm glad you enjoyed my poem, good to hear you've been winning the wars in your garden!?
Beautifully captured and so true. I have spent more time doing battle in my garden this year then I usually do and feel glad for having done so.
Thank you for sharing these sentiments in such a positive way. It is interesting how one can remove all manner of weeds, from the garden and one's past, when battling in the flower bed.
Good! My elder sister in Devon would certainly agree.
The joy of a garden is timeless, and has been celebrated in poetry
for centuries here in England. To borrow from the brilliance of
W.S Gilbert in a lighter vein:
The flowers that bloom in the spring tra-la
Bring promise of merry sunshine
As we merrily dance and we sing tra-la
And welcome the hope that they bring tra-la
Of a summer of roses and wine.....
Of a summer of roses and wine.
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Thanks so much for your comments & likes Keith and Aviva.
Aviva I ❤ your poem Thanks for sharing it here?
Keith I bet you get a lot of inspiration for your poetry from spending time in your garden☺
What a joyful poem, full of enthusiasm and hope and so well rhymed.
This really cheered me up as I have spent most of this morning busily engaged in my gardens.
Thank you for this.
Keith
Oh but for the worms and the bugs and the ants
and the bees and the wasps and the flies and the gnats;
Oh but for the beetles, the spiders, the grubs,
But for them all, my health stood a chance.
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John Coopey
Mon 26th Apr 2021 20:22
The best time of year for the garden, in my view. I've got my taties in.
"Haulms up! Taties, haulms up!
Gimme your haulms, gimme gimme your haulms!"