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Freeing the Weeds – Poem

Posted on September 4, 2011 by marey mercy

Freeing the Weeds

Every Saturday
I hold the garden back,
hack away
at branching leaves,
trim the fat
from trees in my denial
of their girth,
tug out weeds
that push
to light
between the cracks
like plucking eyebrows,
tweezing sly hairs
from the forehead,
wanting each week
to give in,
let stray blades meet
in the middle
and the dark bristles
grow like moss that hangs
from backyard branches,
swinging free
in breezes,
fragrant
and untamable.

For One Single Impression’s prompt, Weed.

16 thoughts on “Freeing the Weeds – Poem”

Madeleine Begun Kane on September 4, 2011 at 2:18 AM said:

I’m impressed with the quality of your poem … not to mention your industriousness. 🙂

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- mareymercy on September 4, 2011 at 3:22 PM said:
  
  My industriousness is totally made up for the poem, trust me!
  
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Geraldine on September 4, 2011 at 3:27 AM said:

excellent! love the presentation here too.

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Ramesh Sood on September 4, 2011 at 3:40 AM said:

Good one.. and well written too… many in India with six day week do these chores on a Sunday..

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- mareymercy on September 4, 2011 at 3:21 PM said:
  
  I believe it – I rarely succeed in completing such chores and I’m not even working right now!
  
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lolamousel on September 4, 2011 at 10:59 AM said:

Great poem! I love the metaphor-so apt! I can’t keep up with either!

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- mareymercy on September 4, 2011 at 3:20 PM said:
  
  Thanks – neither can I!
  
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CC Champagne on September 4, 2011 at 2:07 PM said:

This had a very magic scent to it… Loved the comparison to eyebrows!

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- mareymercy on September 4, 2011 at 3:20 PM said:
  
  Thank you!
  
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Jim on September 4, 2011 at 4:37 PM said:

Hi Marey ~~ I love your choices, kill the weeds or let them grow wild.
I know how the vegies would vote on that choice. 🙂
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- mareymercy on September 4, 2011 at 4:56 PM said:
  
  Thanks! I think I know, too 🙂
  
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Teri C on September 5, 2011 at 1:59 PM said:

Wonderful way to talk about gardening; removing or leaving those weeds.

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- mareymercy on September 6, 2011 at 12:15 PM said:
  
  Thanks!
  
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Cheryl on September 6, 2011 at 6:58 AM said:

Lovely analogy.

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melissa on September 10, 2011 at 12:53 PM said:

Way off base–reminds me of what I imagine Milton’s Adam and Eve thinking while they tended the garden. Can’t we just let it grow untamed? Please?

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mareymercy on September 10, 2011 at 7:54 PM said:

This is pretty much the way I feel about housework all the time.

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