Thursday, May 8, 2025

The Dead Nettles

Dead nettles this year
Invading the lawn
Showing up everywhere
Like troops coming ashore
On Normandy Beach

I know I ought
To make peace with them
After all every last weed
Needs its own place to live

Which is what gives rise
To my present philosophy 
And gardening policy
Of benign constraint

If the garden is truly an ark
Then even dead nettles
Should be welcome aboard 












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The Dead Nettles

Dead nettles this year Invading the lawn Showing up everywhere Like troops coming ashore On Normandy Beach I know I ought To make peace with...