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Re: Soundscape garden poems


>
>CITY TREES
>
>The trees along this city street
> Save for the trafic and the trains
>Would make a sound as thin and sweet
> As trees in country lanes.
>
>And people standing in their shade
> Out of a shower, undoubtedly
>Would hear such music as is made
> Upon a country tree.
>
>Oh, little leaves that are so dumb
> Against the shrieking city air
>I watch you when the wind has come
> I know what sound is there.
>
>
>Hope that encourages you. :)
>
>By the way, I've found several poems lately that involve gardens, some
>beautiful ones by May Sarton in particular.  Anybody else care to share
>some if they have a favorite?
>
>Bob
You dsd ask!!

Her breasts, like lilies, 'ere their leaves be shed;
Her nipples, like young blossomed jessamines;
Such fragrant flowers do give most odorous smell
But her sweet odour did them all excell.

Edmund Spencer ( describing his young wife)


Michael Bailes,  The Fragrant Garden Portsmouth Road Erina. N.S.W. 2250
Australia. (OZ)
Int fax 61 243 651979  Phone 61 243 677322
frgntgar@ozemail.com.au
web page at:
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~frgntgar/
Everyone has enough to do in weeding his own garden.
Flemish
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