17 Aug 2019
by Jem Croucher
in Life, Nature, poem, Poet, Poetry, wordsmith
Tags: allotment, growth, Jemverse, life, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, rhyme, verse, wordsmith, writing poetry
Went to the allotment
it was quite overgrown
and not too much sign
of the things we had sewn
But after a while
spurred on by the weather
it was looking quite peachy
as we worked together
Enough rhubarb there
for a crumble or three
and the last of the lavender
just waiting for me
A butternut squash
in the weeds there we found
yellow and gorgeous
and close to the ground
And a few summer berries
from the shrubs on the side
Raspberries and blackcurrants
to give us some pride
And yes there’s more grass
than growing plots here
but it is our allotment
and throughout each year
We’ll play and discover
new things from the land
which we have there planted
by our own loving hand
©Jemverse
Photo – Jempics
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20 Jul 2019
by Jem Croucher
in haiku, Nature, poem, Poet, Poetry, Summer, wordsmith
Tags: 3lines, green, growth, haiku, Jemverse, me, nature, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, Summer, wordsmith, writing poetry
This circular green
Grown, cut back, abundant now
as summer takes hold
This circular green
A comfort true and fragrant
These summer senses
This circular green
With me, part of me, in me
I am in summer
©Jemverse
Photo – Jempics
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19 Jul 2019
by Jem Croucher
in Nature, photo, poem, Poet, Poetry, wordsmith
Tags: Jemverse, lavender, lovely, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, rhyme, verse, wordsmith, writing poetry
Bought two big lavenders in pots
two years or so ago
and whereas one has grown abundant
the other one’s been slow
Having said that, the one I planted
is the one that’s done the best
So there’s a lesson here I think
to learn and in that time invest
So now I have transplanted
the one that was pot bound
to join the other in the sunshine
planted firmly in the ground
And I guess that I am hoping
it will do the same for me
and next year come out in flowers
like the other, brilliantly
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Photo – Jempics
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17 Jun 2019
by Jem Croucher
in Nature, photo, poem, Poet, Poetry, wordsmith
Tags: creative writing, forest, Jemverse, poem, Poetry, poetry blog, rhyme, tree, verse, wonder, wordsmith, writing poetry
After the rain the
circle tree curled
its branches deep in the wood
Caught out attention as we passed
as to kindred spirits it should
And we paused and admired
and pondered and thought
and wondered at its design
Each giving a wink and a look that we knew
that this was ineffably fine
©Jemverse
Photo – Circle Tree, Fordingbridge, New Forest, Hampshire, UK – Jempics
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17 May 2019
by Jem Croucher
in music, Nature, poem, Poet, Poetry, wordsmith
Tags: Jemverse, music, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, rhyme, verse, wordsmith, writing poetry
No.5 of 6 in ‘The Music’ series from Jemverse
The quietness of the woodland brook
is always worth a second look
For with its trickle so it sings
and with it a new music brings
©Jemverse
Photo – Jempics
‘New Music‘ was first published via #Jemverse on Instagram in May 2018, and here on Jemverse on 16 June 2018
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10 May 2019
by Jem Croucher
in beauty, Nature, photo, poem, Poet, Poetry, Spring, wordsmith
Tags: beauty, Jemverse, pink, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, rhyme, spring, verse, wordsmith, writing poetry
I lay as soft carpet
pink where I fall
Whilst above me all turns to green
My task it is over
as with beauty I fade
leaving growth wherever I’ve been
©Jemverse
Photo – Jempics
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30 Apr 2019
by Jem Croucher
in beauty, Nature, poem, Poet, Poetry, Shoreham, wordsmith
Tags: beauty, bluebells, Jemverse, poem poet, Poetry, poetry blog, rhyme, Shoreham, spring, verse, wordsmith, writing poetry
Saw my first bluebells
in the sunshine today
Quite close to the river
down Old Shoreham way
All there in a cluster
with joy to regale
growing wild by the wayside
Beside the old trail
©Jemverse
Photo – Jempics
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