Planting time ~~ a Poem

 

Plant a tree for Grandmother

We'll plant a tree in Grandmother's garden

We'll plant it were she can see

We'll pick a fine one for our Grandmother

One with limbs so strait and green

We'll pick a tree for Grandmother's garden

We'll pick a small tree to grow

With Grandmother we'll watch it grow up tall

Tall to brave the wind and rain

 

We'll pick a fruit tree for Grandma's garden

We'll pick one to bear her fruit

We'll pick a fruit tree for our Grandmother

An apple or an orange

We'll help pick the fruit from Grandmother's tree

We'll pick some fruit just for her

We'll make a fruit pie for our Grandmother

She'll be happy when she eats

Children plant a tree for your Grandmother

You'll make her happy indeed

Every grandmother loves her grandchildren

Please plant her a tree today

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Photo and Poem Copyright, © 2006 and 2018 Jimmiehov respectively, All Rights Reserved
 - Photo was previously posted Sunday, August 06, 2006 (Adi and Jonah's trees)    http://jimmiehov.blogspot.com/2006/08/adi-has-these-three-trees-jonah-had.html 


I'm linked with Sherry Blue Sky  at the Imaginary Garden, Wordy Thursday with Wild Woman ~ The Tree Sisters, where she is telling of three sisters who are seeing and taking action for the need for tree growth in our modern world,  

http://withrealtoads.blogspot.com/2018/01/wordy-thursday-with-wild-woman-tree.html 

 

My little Eliot book -- a Poem

Book of Cats

A time for living, a time for dying
Words of Solomon old and wise

I'll take Eliot today, Cats are fine
Love my Eliot from eBay  

I have no cat but my Eliot's fine
Cost fifty cents, he's on my shelf 

My little gem of 1939 
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats

A quote, “With Cats, some say, one rule is true:
Don’t speak till you are spoken to ..."

Alas, like the Bible proverbial
I'll read it soon, one of these days  

Aside, Eliot's cat poem has made Broadway.  
Have you seen "Cats", the Broadway show?
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Photo and Poem Copyright, © 2014 and 2018 Jimmiehov, All Rights Reserved

 - I'm linked with Sanaa Rizvi  at The Imaginary Garden with Real Toads, The Tuesday Platform, http://withrealtoads.blogspot.com/2018/01/the-tuesday-platform_16.html .

*Notes:
1.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Possum%27s_Book_of_Practical_Cats

"Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats (1939) is a collection of whimsical poems by T. S. Eliot about feline psychology and sociology, published by Faber and Faber. It is the basis for the musical Cats. Eliot wrote the poems in the 1930s, and included them, under his assumed name "Old Possum", in letters to his godchildren." 

2.  My edition "features pen-and-ink drolleries by Edward Gorey throughout." Amazon dot Com  Mine is used and was 50 cents, post paid from an eBay seller.)

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3.  'A quote, “With Cats...' Good Reads 
 

Bad News Poem

 

Mother's Silver Dollar

 

Other night I had this dream

Scream help but there wouldn't be

Got me! I screamed, no avail

 

So afraid, wanting to cry

tu prie,* don't tell my mother

Cover your dare I'll give in

 

Driven, Mon's treasure in hand

Underhand throw went askew

Into the Potomac, gone

Yon remains Washington's feat

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Photo and Poem Copyright, © 2018 Jimmiehov, All Rights Reserved
 - Photo of the Potomac River was taken from the Georgetown University campus

 

 - I'm writing with Marian at the Imaginary Garden, at this link,  

http://withrealtoads.blogspot.com/2018/01/fussy-little-forms-chained-rhyme.html 

 - Go there to see her writing's and referred help for writing Chained Rhyme form.  I did keep it though also written in Syllabic (seven) form

 - Notes:

   *"tu prie" definition: French for "you pray"

   I followed the rule for the form but too me it came out being a real dud.
   It also has exactly 55 words with the title, qualifying it to be a 'flash poem' but too late this morning to qualify for January 12's entry of Verse Escape.  Next week.