Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Runes



Pointy message writ
In runic toolrack appears
To recommend rakes
For Nordic debris.
This from prehistory
Involves raven knees,
Yggdrasil leaves, wind.
Blowing away what was
Is what wind does,
And I believe
This one means pitchfork.
I need a pitchfork?

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  1. So, you've been to Home Depot again to restock your garden tools?

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    1. Item by item, bit by bit, yes --although I have learned how to make a new handle for the pitchfork.

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  2. Of course you need a pitchfork. I love my pitchfork and I would lend it to you if you did not live on the other side of the country.

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    1. Thank you Arleen! My pitchfork is wired together but I would lend it to you too. I guess that makes us --oh, I'll go ahead and say it-- gardeners!

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  3. Oh, that sounds like so much hard work Geo. Love the poem though.

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    1. Thank you Mimsie. I retired from many years of commercial gardening but I still need my pitchfork from time to time.

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  4. I love this! It gave me many smiles. :-) x

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  5. Pitchforks always reminds me of Laura Ingalls in the Little House books, when she goes out haying with Pa. He would pitch the hay into the wagon and she would jump up and down on it, helping. :)

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    1. Sounds like a delightful job for a kid! I remember playing hide and seek in the hay loft of my grandparents' barn. You could make tunnels!

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  6. I run at the site of a pitchfork! Lain against the shed usually means plans are in the making!!

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    1. I intend to! Thank you for reading my poem.

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