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Dawn Brink
Junior Member

since 2011-04-28

Posts 44
South Africa

0 posted 2011-04-30 04:33 AM

It's an English garden of roses and blossoms
in an aloe, rock and drought land.
It's the rain that falls softly in a world of thunder, storms.
It's unheard of, it's far away.

Walk through the garden, smell the moist earth
the delicacy, promise of life.
As the drought enfolds, dream of the rain.
As the rain withholds, dream of the rain.

And rain in a storm, a torrent of thunder and storm and light
a dream, jerked to reality.
Damage done, but we've won.
Reality is rain, storm,
rain.
And rain will nurture
and a garden will grow
in the desert.

Not an English garden of roses and hollyhocks and blossoms
of delicacy
but a garden of
wildflowers and strength that perhaps
will not yield.

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

1 posted 2011-04-30 04:39 AM

Absolutely love it! Understanding of South Africa's heart in full force!

Owl

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

2 posted 2011-04-30 08:21 AM

Whoa! Had me going there with the English Garden throwaway. A garden is a garden is a garden as that famous woman might have said. Me? I like cacti gardens. I suppose because it is more on the reality level in that, although it can be very eye-catching, be very careful as you walk through it for it has thorns.

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easy1
Senior Member

since 2010-05-22

Posts 1209
Southeastern USA

3 posted 2011-04-30 11:16 AM

English gardens, IIRC, are more to nature and hardier for their climate than certain other types of gardens, but the scrublands analogy you make here is well-taken. Enjoyed reading this.

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

4 posted 2011-04-30 01:40 PM

Enjoyed this, Dawn.

Helen

Dawn Brink
Junior Member

since 2011-04-28

Posts 44
South Africa

5 posted 2011-04-30 05:30 PM

Thank you for the comments

I'm sure an english garden is more hardy than I give it credit for! In this poem though, I was referring more to a semi-arid area where anything struggles to grow and that mainly receives rain through thunderstorms, not gentle rain. Sometimes that's how life is.

Deep Blue
Member

since 2007-05-27

Posts 73

6 posted 2011-04-30 07:49 PM

Lovely poem, well writen.

EmmaRose
Senior Member

since 2011-03-02

Posts 1376
Midwest

7 posted 2011-05-01 08:37 AM

All rain has its place for it is how it is.

I liked this very much

Margherita
Member Seraphic

since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

8 posted 2011-05-01 06:15 PM

quote:
And rain will nurture
and a garden will grow
in the desert.

All gardens are precious, but when the rain transforms an arid ground into a garden, then it's a very special gift and blessing.

Beautiful!

Love,
Margherita

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