RE: Poetry

 Gee k ,
   I feel so special being named in your poem  thanks deb and randy 

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-pumpkins@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf Of
kathie morgan
Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 8:58 PM
To: pumpkins@hort.net
Subject: Re: Poetry

Bev,
Thanks for your entry. No 7. I couldn't find a rhyme for David Bhaskaran
last year either, when I wrote the following, with apology to Edgar Allan
Poe:

Once upon a bleak November
As I fanned a dying ember
Striving vainly to remember
Who these bubblepacks are for.

Of ideas I had nothing 

In a flash the names came flooding,
Like a pumpkin plant a-budding
As mine had, four months before.

For a seed that9s truly dandy
Deb Sundstrom and husband Randy,
Missus Emmons or Mr. Handy
Should have wondrous seeds galore.

Shellie and her boyfriend Rock,
Kenny Mitchell and Mike Brock,
All have giant seeds in stock,
Treasures in a golden store.

This year in my eager quest for
Seeds, I wonder should I pester
Steve Daletas or Brett Hester
As I did the year before.

Other seeds to me do beckon.
Seeds from Larry and Gerry Checkon
With these killer seeds, I reckon
I could do a whole lot more.

Hark, a seed my name is callin9
(Unless my ears are filled with pollen)
Is that a seed from Joel Holland
The postman9s bringing to my door?

Could it be that I9m in luck, or
What? To get a seed from Stucker.
I will need a bigger truck or
Trailer. That9s what U-Haul9s for.

An AG grower of excellent pith
Is pumpkin pirate Kevin Smith
Whose seeds I could grow a winner with
According to my pumpkin lore.

And while my task I do not shirk
To rhyme 3Mombert2 just doesn9t work.
Oh, do I dare to call him Kirk
As I go begging to his door?


I9m finding just a narrow few
Rhymes for the names Hebb and LaRue,
So if I found no rhyme for you,
Forgive, forgive me, I implore.

And send your seeds for 2004
Directly to the Morgan door.
I9ve told the address oft before,
But let me tell it just once more:

David and Kathie Morgan
5767 Lois Ave.
Santa Rosa, CA 95403


--


----------
>From: BGBake@aol.com
>To: pumpkins@hort.net
>Subject: Poetry
>Date: Wed, Nov 30, 2005, 4:05 PM
>

> With apologies to Procol Harem and Dave Bhaskaran for not mentioning him,
> sorry I couldn't find a rhyme.
> Whiter Shade of Kale
> Tripped over a vine all mangled,
> Found squash bugs in the row,
> It was looking kind of sea green,
> Wherebd all the orange ones go?
> The bees were humming harder,
> And the rain wonbt come my way
> When they called out for another drink,
> Watered again for another day
> And so it was that later,
> As it grew like a green tomato,
> What I faced, at first I boasted,
> Itbs a whiter shade of kale.
> I said there is no reason,
> Why orange it should not be,
> But I wandered through my seed packs,
> And the green is pain to see,
> Only one of sixteen bore fruit,
> Green squash for all to see,
> And all the vines split open,
> No orange giants for me.
> And so it was that later,
> As this gardener told her tale,
> What I faced at first was ghostly,
> Just a whiter shade of kale.
> I said there is no Eatonbs,
> No LaRuebs that I can see,
> Congrats to Mr. Checkon,
> Where can I get some seeds?
> As I wandered through my dead patch,
> Mosquitoes would not let me be,
> Though the scales were open,
> No pumpkin there from me,
> And so it was that later,
> As this gardener told her tale,
> What I faced at first was ghostly,
> Just a whiter shade of kale L
> Beverly Baker
> Rehoboth,  MA
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> Pumpkin-growing archives: http://www.hort.net/lists/pumpkins/
> To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@hort.net with the
> message text UNSUBSCRIBE PUMPKINS

---------------------------------------------------------------------
Pumpkin-growing archives: http://www.hort.net/lists/pumpkins/
To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@hort.net with the
message text UNSUBSCRIBE PUMPKINS

---------------------------------------------------------------------
Pumpkin-growing archives: http://www.hort.net/lists/pumpkins/
To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@hort.net with the
message text UNSUBSCRIBE PUMPKINS
Other Mailing lists | Author Index | Date Index | Subject Index | Thread Index