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Midsummer Joys
by Winifred Sackville Stoner, Jr. Give me the joys of summer, Of Summer Queen so fair, With a wealth of lovely flowers And fruits and sun-kissed air! Talk not to me of winter With ice and frost and snow, Nor changing spring and autumn When howling winds will blow. No, I will take the joys…
Catch the Transient Hour
by Samuel Johnson Catch, then, oh catch the transient hour; Improve each moment as it flies! Life’s a short summer, man a flower; He dies – alas! how soon he dies! As featured onThe Daily Gardener podcast: Words inspired by the garden are the sweetest, most beautiful words of all. Samuel Johnson Related posts:…
August
by Maggie Grant For which there is no possible rhyme other than sawdust. Now, the task of justifying that word is going to be immense If I want to make sense, But anyway, here goes: I once had a doll called Rose Whose body was encased in a species of strong white cotton. Well, I…
Go Along Mister Winter
by Frank Lebby Stanton Go along, Mister Winter- Crawl into your frosty bed. I’m longing like a lover For the watermelon red. — Frank Lebby Stanton, American lyricist As featured onThe Daily Gardener podcast: Words inspired by the garden are the sweetest, most beautiful words of all. Frank Lebby Stanton Related posts: My Victory…
Watermelons
by Charles Simic Green Buddhas On the fruit stand We eat the smile And spit out the teeth. — Charles Simic, American-Serbian Poet, Watermelons As featured onThe Daily Gardener podcast: Words inspired by the garden are the sweetest, most beautiful words of all. Related posts: My Victory Garden Quinnipeague in August The Summer’s Last…
Ode to Watermelon
by Anonymous Up from the South, by boat and train. Now comes the King of Fruits again; Lucious feast for judge or felon, Glorious, sun-kissed Watermelon; Green as emerald in its rind, But cutting through it thou shalt find Sweetest mass of crimson beauty Tempting angels from their duty. — Ode to Watermelon, anonymous …
Watermelon
by Charles Bukowski And the windows opened that night, A ceiling dripped the sweat Of a tin god, And I sat eating a watermelon All false red, Water like slow-running Tears, And I spit out seeds And swallowed seeds, And I kept thinking I’m a fool I’m a fool To eat this Watermelon, But I…
It Is Pure Water
by The Citizen-Republic It is pure water, distilled, and put up by nature herself, who needs no government label to certify to the cleanliness of her methods and the innocence of her sun-kissed chemistry. It is the tiniest trace of earth salts. It has a delicate aroma. It is slightly a food, generously a drink,…
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
by Eric Carle On Saturday, he ate through one piece of chocolate cake, one ice-cream cone, one pickle, one slice of Swiss cheese, one slice of salami, one lollipop, one piece of cherry pie, one sausage, one cupcake, and one slice of Watermelon. That night he had a stomach ache. — Eric Carle, American designer,…
August Weather
by Rasmenia Massoud August is that last flicker of fun and heat before everything fades and dies. The final moments of fun before the freeze. In the winter, everything changes. — Rasmenia Massoud, author and short story writer, August Weather As featured onThe Daily Gardener podcast: Words inspired by the garden are the sweetest,…
As August, So February
by Anonymous As August, so February. If the first week in August is unusually warm, The winter will be white and long. So many August fogs, so many winter mists For every fog in August, There will be a snowfall in winter. Observe on what day in August the first heavy fog occurs, and expect…
The Brilliant Poppy
by Helen Winslow The brilliant poppy flaunts her head Amidst the ripening grain, And adds her voice to sell the song That August’s here again. ― Helen Winslow, American editor and journalist As featured onThe Daily Gardener podcast: Words inspired by the garden are the sweetest, most beautiful words of all. Helen Winslow Related…
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