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Posted: 25 Apr 2023

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A Blade of Grass

A Blade of Grass
You ask for a poem.
I offer you a blade of grass.
You say it is not good enough
You ask for a poem

I say this blade grass will do.
It has dressed itself in frost,
It is more immediate
Than any image of my making

You say it is not a poem,
It is a blade of grass and grass
Is not quite good enough
I offer you a blade of grass

You are indignant
You say it is too easy to offer grass.
It is absurd.
Anyone can offer a blade of grass.

You ask for a poem.
And so I write you a tragedy about
How a blade of grass
Becomes more and more difficult to offer.

And about how as you grow older
A blade of grass
Becomes more difficult to accept

~ Brian Patten

Fred Fouarge, J.Garcia, Rosalyn Hilborne, Paolo Tanino have particularly liked this photo

Comments
 Krisonteme
Krisonteme club
Même les herbes ont du charme .
12 months ago.
 Rosalyn Hilborne
Rosalyn Hilborne club
Looks great against the beautifully patterned wood Dinesh.
Could be wheat blades.
12 months ago.
 J.Garcia
J.Garcia club
Beautiful image, Dinesh!
12 months ago.
 Fred Fouarge
Fred Fouarge club
klasse
11 months ago.

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