Thursday, October 1, 2015

"There will be no 'Keep off the Grass' signs."

[Title quote, John McClaren (b.1846--), gardener in perpetuity, Golden Gate Park]
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I am by the sea
And behind me
Is another garden--
One of McClaren's
Windpumps serving
Australian rhododendron,
Cypress,  cedar from
Lebanon-- gnarled roots
Squeezing sand into soil
In this world away, another
Land, here, under
Alien weather, rooted,
Drew life and clutched
These dunes together.

 
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4 comments:

  1. Elizabeth Varadan, AuthorOctober 1, 2015 at 11:40 PM

    Nice!

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  2. Lux G.October 2, 2015 at 12:05 AM

    Alien weather. I wonder how that is. :)

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  3. Joanne NoragonOctober 2, 2015 at 12:54 PM


    Well said. Your quote reminded me of Arlo Guthrie improvising on his father's song to change the lines "I saw a sign there, said keep off the grass, and on the other side it didn't say nothing, that side was made for you and me."

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  4. Emma SpringfieldOctober 2, 2015 at 2:37 PM

    So many places represented in one small spot.

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