3 Poems by 3 Poets June 24 # Garden edition

This month’s selection is inspired by a tiny and slightly pathetic carrot I recently picked from my garden. So June’s selection is Garden inspired.

The first poem is about a gardeners nemesis. The Snail. Personally I love snails; the unique spiral patterns of their shells are beautiful and the way they slowly slide is the pace of life I aspire to. However I also don’t want my patch to be a snails supper.

1. The Crossing by Ruth Moose.

2. There Is A Garden In Her Face by Thomas Campion

My favourite part of this poem is the juxtaposition in comparing her to roses. First the narrator compares the delicate and pure buds with her laughter.

“Which when her lovely laughter shows,

They look like rose-buds fill’d with snow;”

Then a few lines later, says her brows are like” bended bows” that are “Threatening with piercing frowns to kill”. Despite being in the next stanza, the image of rose thorns comes to mind when reading these lines.

3. In Defense of Our Overgrown Garden by Matthea Harvey.

This is a poem about a garden that is neglected, mainly because the narrator is waiting for her love to return. However the narrator shows little interest in listening to her neighbours judgments . Occasionally allowing nature take over, is a good thing for wildlife. My husband and I like to always let the grass grow out during May and as a result we find bees, butterflies and other bugs hanging around. We also have a bush that we let grow out and don’t trim back when we know our local hedgehog is hibernating. So why not let one thing in your garden get a little overgrown?

©Megan Layley