OT:Reginald Arkell
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- Subject: OT:Reginald Arkell
- From: "inanda (by way of Sherryl Sandersfeld <s*@ionet.net>)" <i*@MAG-NET.COM>
- Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1999 06:01:16 -0600
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Well well well, Gene made my day.
Have never met anyone before how has ever heard of Reginald Arkell.
Rock Gardens
Rock gardens are really ridiculous things,
Like peaches with pepper and donkeys with wings.
You make out a list of the things you must buy,
You stick them in pockets, and most of them die.
And if you are foolish enough to suppose
You can keep them alive with the aid of a hose --
What dire disillusion awaits you next day:
The water is sure to wash them away.
>From Green Fingers, A present for a good gardener
Another I love is
Sailors Don't Care
Noah was never a gardener,
Or he would have said to Shem:
"When the animals walk in, two by two,
Be certain that Japhet and Ham and you
Stop those horrible wire-worm from getting through--
I couldn't be plagued with them."
My Grandmother gave me this book of poetry on my 9th birthday.
Cheers Ginny in Prince George BC zone 2
