A Blade of Grass

You ask for a poem.
I offer you a blade of grass.
You say it is not good enough
You ask for a poem

I say this blade grass will do.
It has dressed itself in frost,
It is more immediate
Than any image of my making

You say it is not a poem,
It is a blade of grass and grass
Is not quite good enough
I offer you a blade of grass

You are indignant
You say it is too easy to offer grass.
It is absurd.
Anyone can offer a blade of grass.

You ask for a poem.
And so I write you a tragedy about
How a blade of grass
Becomes more and more difficult to offer.

And about how as you grow older
A blade of grass
Becomes more difficult to accept

~ Brian Patten

Fred Fouarge, J.Garcia, Rosalyn Hilborne, Paolo Tanino have particularly liked this photo

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Krisonteme ^club

Même les herbes ont du charme .

22 months ago.

Rosalyn Hilborne

Looks great against the beautifully patterned wood Dinesh.
Could be wheat blades.

22 months ago.

J.Garcia ^club

Beautiful image, Dinesh!

22 months ago.

Fred Fouarge ^club

klasse

21 months ago.

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