Re: Pumpkin Poetry Contest
Do you have any with a snow theme?
It's getting ready to snow here in normally sunny Alberta
Dave
Cindi Glasier wrote:
> I LOVE IT!!! And the timing is good too. It is raining here in Napa, Ca as
> i write! cindilu
>
> > [Original Message]
> > From: kathie morgan <fishrap@earthlink.net>
> > To: Hort Pumpkins <pumpkins@hort.net>
> > Date: 11/6/2005 3:37:48 PM
> > Subject: Pumpkin Poetry Contest
> >
> > We have a 2nd entry into the Pumpkin Poetry Contest.
> > Something to keep in mind: Larry Checkon entered the contest three years
> > ago, and this year he holds the world record. If you want to hold the
> world
> > record in 2007, let's read YOUR poem here in 2005.
> >
> > The Pain of Rain
> >
> > The weather here is blustery
> > The weathers just a pain
> > The weather stays just cool and damp
> > No warmth, no sun, just rain.
> >
> > My seeds were planted weeks ago
> > They sprouted I think in vain
> > For transplanting them will do no good.
> > If all it does is rain.
> >
> > The hoop house temp is tepid
> > Yet the plants they still remain
> > But how long can they wait for sun
> > When its rays are blocked by rain?
> >
> > The roots grow in slow motion
> > The leaves begin to wane
> > I would have bought those soil warmers
> > If Id known how much itd rain.
> >
> > Too many entries in my grower diary
> > Im to be censored it is plain
> > But Im bored, my plants arent growing
> > Because all it does is rain.
> >
> > The deer wander round the hoop house
> > Seeking refuge, in droves they came
> > Its for my pumpkins you stupid deer!
> > They stare at me . .. and it rains
> >
> > The sun comes out and teases
> > The clouds lift their vicious bane!
> > As if sensing all the joy in me
> > They come back worse, more rain
> >
> > Yes my pumpkins are not thriving
> > It may be months before a main
> > But at least the slugs are happy.
> > (They really dig the rain).
> >
> > I may have to change my pastime.
> > To sow giant fruit here is inane
> > Because you just cant grow a pumpkin
> > When all it does is rain.
> >
> > So Lord, shine some sun upon us
> > Give our plants that needed gain
> > For too much water can blow away
> > My thousand pounder when it rains.
> > --
> >
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