Grandpa in His Garden
For those who love formal gardens.36 total reviews
Comment from Sherman541
This is a very lovely tribute to your Grandfather and the garden he was so proud of. I remember well what it was like with my Grandmother and her garden and the hat she wore to work in sun. Brings back so many memories. Sherman541
reply by the author on 19-May-2018
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This is a very lovely tribute to your Grandfather and the garden he was so proud of. I remember well what it was like with my Grandmother and her garden and the hat she wore to work in sun. Brings back so many memories. Sherman541
Comment Written 18-May-2018
reply by the author on 19-May-2018
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I am delighted I could put you back in your own Grandmother?s garden, Sherman541. Many thanks for your kind praise. Rod
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You are welcome and yes it did put me back there, I loved those times and miss them still
Comment from karenina
Superb meter and r hyme, engaging tone and endearing.theme...
So happy I havea six toawad, gor this is the finest poem I have had the pleasure to read this week! Stunning six star poetry.
Karenina
reply by the author on 18-May-2018
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Superb meter and r hyme, engaging tone and endearing.theme...
So happy I havea six toawad, gor this is the finest poem I have had the pleasure to read this week! Stunning six star poetry.
Karenina
Comment Written 18-May-2018
reply by the author on 18-May-2018
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I am truly flattered by your response to "Grandpa in His Garden," Karenina, and relish the wonderful critique as well as the six-star bonus. Rod
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So touching it stayed with me all day today!
Karenina
Comment from patcelaw
This is a lovely poem about a formal garden. One of the most beautiful gardens I ever saw was one owned by a florist shop owner in California. Patricia
reply by the author on 16-May-2018
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This is a lovely poem about a formal garden. One of the most beautiful gardens I ever saw was one owned by a florist shop owner in California. Patricia
Comment Written 16-May-2018
reply by the author on 16-May-2018
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Thank you, Patricia. I am delighted you enjoyed the tour of Grandpa?s garden. Rod
Comment from Ben Colder
Oh, yes. I can see him now working in the garden and warring about something that mau be sick or needing removed. I love gardening as well. Thanks you for sharing.
reply by the author on 16-May-2018
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Oh, yes. I can see him now working in the garden and warring about something that mau be sick or needing removed. I love gardening as well. Thanks you for sharing.
Comment Written 16-May-2018
reply by the author on 16-May-2018
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I am delighted I could put you in the garden with Grandpaa and that you enjoyed the tour.
Rod
Comment from Jeffrey L. Michaux
This is a beautiful poem that speaks about Grandpa in the garden. I like the way you describe every intricate detail of what grandpa is displaying to the reader. I like it Rodg! Well done.
reply by the author on 16-May-2018
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This is a beautiful poem that speaks about Grandpa in the garden. I like the way you describe every intricate detail of what grandpa is displaying to the reader. I like it Rodg! Well done.
Comment Written 16-May-2018
reply by the author on 16-May-2018
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Thank you, Jeffrey, for joining me in Grandpa?s garden. I am delighted you enjoyed the tour. Rod
Comment from Swampfox1
I do love formal gardens, they provide peace. It is a different type of person, a rather refined person that appreciates gardens. I like the way the poem flows, I did not find any errors, none whatsoever, and I love the last stanza, yes a formal garden is largess from nature where one can almost talk to nature.
reply by the author on 16-May-2018
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I do love formal gardens, they provide peace. It is a different type of person, a rather refined person that appreciates gardens. I like the way the poem flows, I did not find any errors, none whatsoever, and I love the last stanza, yes a formal garden is largess from nature where one can almost talk to nature.
Comment Written 16-May-2018
reply by the author on 16-May-2018
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Thank you, Swampfox, for taking the tour of the Garden and your very kind praise. A formal garden invites one to relax and contemplate nature. My father spent hours in his talking to his roses. Rod
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you're welcome
Comment from Heather Knight
Your poem is very elegant and shows that you also know a lot about plants and flowers (at least the names...)
It's a great tribute to your father.
I have enjoyed reading it very much. Thanks.
reply by the author on 16-May-2018
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Your poem is very elegant and shows that you also know a lot about plants and flowers (at least the names...)
It's a great tribute to your father.
I have enjoyed reading it very much. Thanks.
Comment Written 16-May-2018
reply by the author on 16-May-2018
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Thank you, Maria, for joining me in Grandpa?s garden and your very kind praise. Rod
Comment from krys123
Cheers, Rod G;
-oh yes, I really did enjoy it, and more so was enthralled and fervently mesmerized at sure demonstratively descriptive and definitively expressive imagery. This was achieved with the tempo of the metered rhythm of your writing.
-I was amused and words like plait, Well I've always used entwined or entangled and struggled with a single Syllable.
- All the still, all your rhyming words were contingent and supportive to the meaning and concept of each one of your lines, in comparison to the next line, completing your conceptual theme's validity and it's expeditious nature.
- Very easy to read as the fluidity of your enjambment was very well done.
-I have written some things in my father in the garden were I call one of them The Cup and the Fork Tine. My father would have a cup, a fork with one tine, a knife and a spray bottle Of clean water. He would eat out of the garden and hang up his cup with one tined fork on a peach tree limb. And that's where it hung for 20 years until we visited their property again. But the cup and fork were a good 10 feet higher in the tree.
-It's amazing and that's what makes this poem amazing, but alas, I am sad to say I have no more sixes in my coffer.
-Thanks for sharing this, Rod G, and take care and have a good one.
Alex
reply by the author on 16-May-2018
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Cheers, Rod G;
-oh yes, I really did enjoy it, and more so was enthralled and fervently mesmerized at sure demonstratively descriptive and definitively expressive imagery. This was achieved with the tempo of the metered rhythm of your writing.
-I was amused and words like plait, Well I've always used entwined or entangled and struggled with a single Syllable.
- All the still, all your rhyming words were contingent and supportive to the meaning and concept of each one of your lines, in comparison to the next line, completing your conceptual theme's validity and it's expeditious nature.
- Very easy to read as the fluidity of your enjambment was very well done.
-I have written some things in my father in the garden were I call one of them The Cup and the Fork Tine. My father would have a cup, a fork with one tine, a knife and a spray bottle Of clean water. He would eat out of the garden and hang up his cup with one tined fork on a peach tree limb. And that's where it hung for 20 years until we visited their property again. But the cup and fork were a good 10 feet higher in the tree.
-It's amazing and that's what makes this poem amazing, but alas, I am sad to say I have no more sixes in my coffer.
-Thanks for sharing this, Rod G, and take care and have a good one.
Alex
Comment Written 16-May-2018
reply by the author on 16-May-2018
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Hi, Alex. I am so pleased I could transport you to Grandpa?s garden. I truly appreciate your incisive remarks and especially the anecdote about your father. Many thanks for your very kind praise. Rod
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You're very welcome, Rod G, as your writing touched my heart and it was written pretty damn good.
Alex
Comment from Sandra Stoner-Mitchell
I love it. I remember my grandfather's garden, it was always a picture of colour, no matter what the season. It's memories like that which keep them alive. Your poem was a delight to read and I enjoyed my walk with you around your father's garden. :)) Sandra xxx
reply by the author on 16-May-2018
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I love it. I remember my grandfather's garden, it was always a picture of colour, no matter what the season. It's memories like that which keep them alive. Your poem was a delight to read and I enjoyed my walk with you around your father's garden. :)) Sandra xxx
Comment Written 16-May-2018
reply by the author on 16-May-2018
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Hi Sandra. I am delighted I could put you in YOUR grandfather?s garden again. Many thanks for sharing my poem and your kind praise. Rod
Comment from ExperiencingLiphe
I'm not a flower kind of person, they actually remind me of death because I think that's what funeral homes smell like but they can be pretty. Who knows maybe if I saw this garden you talk about, it sounds amazing, you could change my mind.
reply by the author on 16-May-2018
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I'm not a flower kind of person, they actually remind me of death because I think that's what funeral homes smell like but they can be pretty. Who knows maybe if I saw this garden you talk about, it sounds amazing, you could change my mind.
Comment Written 16-May-2018
reply by the author on 16-May-2018
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A formal garden can make you glad you are alive. My father?s gave him a reason to live after he retired. Many thanks for sharing my poem. Rod
