Garden terrorist by crowspark - WriteWords.org.uk

WriteWords

Garden terrorist

by crowspark

Posted: 05 July 2020
Word Count: 61
Summary: For Oonah's flower challenge

Font Size

Printable Version
Print Double spaced

Garden terrorist
an infiltrating army
its stolons snaking
creating sleeper cells
establishing ground cover
occupy, consolidate!

Saw edge foliage
unfurl from hairy stems.
Here come grenades
wrapped in white petals
their pins pulled
ready to deliver their payload.

Blood red
bloated with juice
hanging heavy
amongst camouflage.
Shout your name, 'Fragaria'
family of 'Rosaceae'
see them come running, bringing the cream.

Favourite this work

Favourite This Author

Comments by other Members

V`yonne at 18:20 on 05 July 2020 Report this post

I have some growing in the block paving here! I've tried killing it off with boiling water but no go. It's not fruit bearing. Just invasive. I love your descriptions here, Bill. Never thought of saw-edged Perfect.

Read the WriteWords interview with Oonah Joslin (V`yonne)

Like (0) Helpful (0) Made Me Think (0) Made Me Smile (0) Pure Genius (0)

michwo at 18:28 on 05 July 2020 Report this post

And I thought Japanese knotweed was the most invasive plant known to man!
The name 'Fragaria' would have suggested 'fragrant' to me like buddleia (have I spelt that right?) but, having read your poem, it's more suggestive of 'fragging' or attack with fragmentation grenades. And what can you do with 'stolons' other than trip and stumble over them?
Everything in the garden is not lovely obviously.
A cautionary poem for sure.

Like (0) Helpful (0) Made Me Think (0) Made Me Smile (0) Pure Genius (0)

crowspark at 09:54 on 06 July 2020 Report this post

Thank you both. We planted just one strawbery plant in the herb bed. The fruit was nothing to write home about. But then we forgot about it until yesterday when I had to weed about 90 plants all sprung from the same beast. We had lots of strawberries for tea though.

Like (0) Helpful (0) Made Me Think (0) Made Me Smile (1) Pure Genius (0)

To post comments you need to become a member. If you are already a member, please log in .

Other work by crowspark:

...view all work by crowspark