Re: [SG] OT:Reginald Arkell

Hello Ginny,
        Sorry, but it was not I who started the thread on this poet. I do
appreciate poetry and gardening philosophy, but was not familiar with this
author until Claire (I think) mentioned him.
        While not I , looks as though you did find a couple more who read as
you....   Gene
        Gene Bush     Southern Indiana    Zone 6a     Munchkin Nursery
          around the woods - around the world
genebush@otherside.com     http://www.munchkinnursery.com


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> Subject: [SG] OT:Reginald Arkell
> Date: Wednesday, March 03, 1999 7:01 AM
>
>                       *******************
> 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
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