22 Aug 2020
by Jem Croucher
in garden, photo, poem, Poet, Poetry, wordsmith
Tags: Jemverse, lavender, lovely, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, rhyme, verse, wordsmith, writing poetry

In a patch by the pond
with driftwood surround
late lavender blooms in the sun
nurtured by hand
it’s now looking grand
with fragrance ’til summer is done
It’s watered each day
and tended with care
for it’s something with pleasure to bring
late lavender there
with beauty to share
so much as to make your heart sing
©Jemverse
Photo – Jempics
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23 Jul 2020
by Jem Croucher
in Happiness, Life, photo, poem, Poet, Poetry, Summer, wordsmith
Tags: fragrance, heaven, Jemverse, lavender, lovely, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, rhyme, smile, Summer, tradition, verse, wordsmith, writing poetry

Permeating everywhere
heaven’s scent again
that ‘lavender time’ is here once more
bring on that sweet refrain
An afternoon spent bagging it
that heady fragrance there
as I breathe in its loveliness
a thing beyond compare
And what is totally sublime
is that throughout the year
I simply have to squeeze a bag
to rekindle summer cheer
©Jemverse
Photo – Jempics
[In July each year, one of my favourite pastimes is a day spent bagging the dried crop from my annual lavender harvest. Although I’ve been doing this for years, the last five (2016 through 2020) have been marked with a ‘That lavender time again’ poem, added to Jemverse on 23 July each year]
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14 Jun 2020
by Jem Croucher
in beauty, photo, poem, Poet, Poetry, wordsmith
Tags: allotment, beauty, Jemverse, lavender, life, lovely, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, rhyme, verse, wordsmith, writing poetry

We’ve not been to our allotment
Covid-19’s seen to that
But Emily our daughter
has been keeping it intact
We’re seeing lots of pictures
which she takes from time to time
and I’m pleased to say as ever
that it’s looking mighty fine
But no substitute the pictures
for actually being there
and by that we’re disappointed
as the work we’d like to share
But in spite of that of course
the allotment keeps on growing
and Emily, bless her heart
continues with the sowing
So imagine my delight
when today she brought a gift
Something from our allotment
my spirits for to lift
First lavender in its glory
fragrant, wonderful, sublime
With the promise of abundance
when it’s lavender picking time
©Jemverse
Photo – Jempics
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31 Aug 2019
by Jem Croucher
in poem, Poet, Poetry, poetry blog, Summer, wordsmith
Tags: Jemverse, lavender, lovely, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, rhyme, Summer, verse, wordsmith, writing poetry

Bagged up all my lavender
in bunches hung above me
drying out and making
all around me smell quite lovely
A bumper crop this year
has meant a lot more bags to do
which later on as little gifts
may find their way to you
It’s really a cathartic way
to spend a summer day
bagging up the lavender
I’ve grown along the way
A day I spend least once a year
each harvest to remember
Sometimes in late August
Sometimes in September
©Jemverse
Photo – this year’s lavender crop, bagged up and ready to go – Jempics
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08 Aug 2019
by Jem Croucher
in poem, Poet, Poetry, Smile, wordsmith
Tags: Jemverse, lavender, life, poem, poet, poetic, Poetry, poetry blog, rhyme, smile, verse, wordsmith, writing poetry

There are times such as these
when alone with my pen
and lavender scent in the air
I will, pensive of mind
sit here and unwind
and think of some verses to share
Life has that for me
Moments captured in time
which I can hold as a thought for a while
Yet as is my way
and my forte each day
I will write each one down for a smile
©Jemverse
Photo – Jempics
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23 Jul 2019
by Jem Croucher
in poem, Poet, Poetry, wordsmith
Tags: Jemverse, lavender, lovely, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, rhyme, verse, wordsmith, writing poetry

I’m going to need a bigger basket
this year I think as I
harvest all my lavender
which has grown tall and high
For this year all my bushes
a bumper crop have grown
and I have much more lavender
than I have ever known
It’s fragrance it will permeate
as it does from room to room
before a day spent bagging
which will come again quite soon
July each year arrives to see
that lavender time again
repeated as the years go by
with pleasure from the grain
©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
©Jemverse
Photo – Jempics
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20 Jun 2019
by Jem Croucher
in photo, poem, Poet, Poetry, wordsmith
Tags: bumble bee, creative writing, Jemverse, lavender, lovely, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, rhyme, verse, wordsmith, writing poetry

The bumble bees
love my lavender
They’re on it all the time
Drinking up the pollen
when the weather is sublime
And I’m jolly pleased
I planted them
last summer on a whim
As a bumper harvest later on
to me they now will bring
©Jemverse
Photo – Jempics
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28 Jul 2018
by Jem Croucher
in poem, Poet, Poetry
Tags: heaven, Instagram, Jemverse, lavender, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, rhyme, verse, writing poetry

Lavender is heaven sent
bringing peace and contentment
typified with fragrant scent
expressed here in this sentiment
©Jemverse
Photo – from #Jemverse on instagram, July 2018 – Jempics
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23 Jul 2018
by Jem Croucher
in poem, Poet, Poetry, Summer
Tags: Instagram, Jemverse, lavender, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, rhyme, Summer, verse, writing poetry
3 in the annual Jemverse ‘Lavender’ series

On twenty-three seven
it seems every year
a lavender rhyme
will often appear
For it is at this time
that my harvest is due
so I’ll always have words
to share here with you
©Jemverse
Photo – from #Jemverse on instagram, July 2018 – Jempics
See also ‘That lavender time again‘ (2016) and ‘That lavender time again II‘ (2017)
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