our backyard won't win prizes
in House Beautiful magazine
it's ragamuffin and hodgepodge
no manicured look to be seen
we let weeds wander as they will
why we should kill them anyway?
why don't we just let them be
those alyssum really make my day
Weeds deserve sun too
so my alyssum gets her spot
who are we to dictate
who gets to live and who does not?
grampa used so say
if its green let it grow
after all what's a yard for
but a joyful place to go?
not a showplace for the crowd
just a space for kids to play
and lots of peeping people
will only get in the way
if perfection's all we're chasing
we'll go right out of our wits
when all those tramping tourists
trample our perfection to bits
just look at Holland's tulips
to festival they come to gawk
there are police to guard them
but some tulips still take a walk
(Emma Grace...😏😉)
I wouldn't even want perfection
who defines those perfect bowers?
one woman's yard of weeds
is another's garden flowers
All are welcome in my yard
I'm happy with my flower weeds
my weedy alyssum cheers me
would you like some joy seeds?
--dedicated to everyone who loves alyssum and the weeds she grows on
Posts
