Poem: "Where the Grass Is Greener"
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crowdfunding Creative Jam. It was inspired by a prompt from fuzzyred. It also fills the "Path / Travel" square in my 12-23-21 card for the Story Sparks Fest.
"Where the Grass Is Greener"
On the high side of the hill,
the grass is short and yellow.
On the low side of the hill,
the grass is long and green.
The path winds around the hill
where the honey-wagon rolls by
on its way to the market, shedding
flecks of manure that blow down
the slope below the path.
The top of the hill is
flat and windy with
little growing there.
The base of the hill
goes down to the forest
where the long green grass
turns into berry canes and
bushes and tall trees.
Hike up the hill
and you will find
nothing but a view.
Wade down through
the deep green grass
and you will find
the blackberries
growing at the edge
of the forest below.
If you want to forage,
then always go looking
where the grass is greener.
crowdfunding Creative Jam. It was inspired by a prompt from fuzzyred. It also fills the "Path / Travel" square in my 12-23-21 card for the Story Sparks Fest."Where the Grass Is Greener"
On the high side of the hill,
the grass is short and yellow.
On the low side of the hill,
the grass is long and green.
The path winds around the hill
where the honey-wagon rolls by
on its way to the market, shedding
flecks of manure that blow down
the slope below the path.
The top of the hill is
flat and windy with
little growing there.
The base of the hill
goes down to the forest
where the long green grass
turns into berry canes and
bushes and tall trees.
Hike up the hill
and you will find
nothing but a view.
Wade down through
the deep green grass
and you will find
the blackberries
growing at the edge
of the forest below.
If you want to forage,
then always go looking
where the grass is greener.
Re: Diversity
Date: 2022-01-25 05:31 pm (UTC)The description for ideal ground for Disc Mayweed is *literally* "nutritionaly depleated, dry ground that has been packed down to hardness".
Flavia
Re: Diversity
Date: 2022-01-25 05:46 pm (UTC)Ironically, it reveals a branch of weed control that modern people don't seem to think of: kill it with kindness. A bag of compost and one of topsoil will make the earth too rich; a strip of healthy sod is impossible for many weeds to compete with.