Carrots



There are carrots in the garden‒
There are rabbits too.
There are five koi in the fishpond‒
There's a cat named Joo.
There is a stream out my window‒
It floods when it rains.
There is sun within my treetops‒
I am blind and in pain.
But the carrots are ripening‒
The rabbits can share.
So I'll meet you in the garden‒
Promise you'll be there?

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Submitted on May 01, 2011

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Characters 350
Words 67
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 12

bunniehope

My poetic journey began with a gift for my dad- a poem I had slaved over to write, telling him he was my knight in shining armor. That was many years ago, and now, I speak in rythym and rhyme as easily as anything. It is a way to express something that needs said in a way that can be received easily, as well as simply making a beautiful use of the words available to me. more…

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