tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149217012399643733.post8743791973139631965..comments2023-12-06T00:48:23.734-08:00Comments on Daily Writing Practice: Wednesday September 5th, 2012Marchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14952331166517430843noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149217012399643733.post-50987453907715631232012-09-06T23:03:38.180-07:002012-09-06T23:03:38.180-07:00Greg - I think you're giving me too much credi...Greg - I think you're giving me too much credit, as that's just how the poem came out.<br /><br />Ah, machine gun emplacements! I knew our garden was missing something.<br /><br />Cathryn - cute little poem :)Marchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14952331166517430843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149217012399643733.post-88039824658998201772012-09-06T13:18:27.506-07:002012-09-06T13:18:27.506-07:00The Approach
Near or far it's hard to tell;
A...<b>The Approach</b><br /><br />Near or far it's hard to tell;<br />All I hear is an approaching bell.<br /><br />Is it tolling my last breath?<br />Or announcing a parting guest?<br /><br />Oh here it's stopped and I can see,<br />It was the bluebells rining just for me!Cathryn Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14816869021658935999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149217012399643733.post-45940677716182955542012-09-06T00:22:04.669-07:002012-09-06T00:22:04.669-07:00I can see how it makes a lot of sense to just let ...I can see how it makes a lot of sense to just let the weeds grow and then plough them under to help improve the soil for the next year, and I can also see how it would happen gradually instead of being a fete day. Still, it must be nice when you realise that you're not weeding anymore, even if you haven't got a party planned to celebrate it!<br />I was struck by the slightly jerky nature of your poem today and had to think about it a little before I realised that Winter isn't a smooth approach, but a gradual stop-start thing that isn't there one day but is the next. I don't think I'd have thought to try and capture that element myself, which means I'm all the more impressed!<br /><br /><b>The approach</b><br />"This is what we call the approach," said Miss Hornton, Proprietress of the Little Haversham Home for Small, Fluffy Animals. She was indicating a long, narrow stretch of lawn, a little like a golf fairway, that ran from the edge of the forest to the Home. "And these are the machine-gun emplacements," she continued, waving her hand casually as though every garden had them, "which make sure that no-one and nothing actually gets up the approach."<br />Her visitors blanched, and one of the ladies took a step backwards. The staccato bellow of the machine-gun caused her to collapse inelegantly on the ground, her heart pounding and her hands checking to see if she'd been shot.<br />"Or down it," said Miss Hornton placidly.Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08503319830584828982noreply@blogger.com