Poetry Friday: “New Hampshire Rock Garden”

Today I thought I’d share something summery, for adults.  I wrote this a few years ago, and deliberately used a simple, straightforward, prosaic style…because it just felt like that’s what the subject required. Consequently, it’s nothing fancy, but I like it. Hope you do, too!

“New Hampshire Rock Garden”

My wife wanted a rock garden
I preferred vegetables
so I pulled out stones
and planted tomatoes
pulled out more stones
watered the squash
pulled out more stones
thinned the cukes
pulled out more stones
weeded the beans
and when it came time for harvest
pulled out more stones.

She has a rock garden, all right.

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– © 2009, Matt Forrest Esenwine

POETRY FRIDAY LINKS:

Sherry at Semicolon was scheduled to host Poetry Friday today, but since she doesn’t seem to be around, I’ve provided a list of some of the folks participating. If you have a post, please feel free to leave it in the comments! I can’t guarantee I’ll have time to repost everyone’s links, but hopefully visitors will scan through the comments and see what piques their interest!

Robyn Hood Black interviews Margarita Engle: http://www.robynhoodblack.com/blog.htm?post=919998

Michelle Barnes has an original poem inspired by her daughter: http://michellehbarnes.blogspot.com

Father Goose shares a “Couplet at a Metaphor:” http://www.charlesghigna.blogspot.com/2013/07/the-couplet-as-metaphor.html

Writing about difficult subjects is Laura Shovan’s subject today: http://authoramok.blogspot.com/2013/07/poetry-friday-writing-about-difficult.html

Margaret at Reflections on the Teche wrote a poem inspired while attending Kate Messner’s virtual writer’s camp:  http://reflectionsontheteche.wordpress.com/2013/07/26/sometimes/

Catherine Johnson has two left feet: http://catherinemjohnson.wordpress.com/2013/07/26/two-left-feet/

Irene Latham shares some beautiful Valerie Worth poems: http://irenelatham.blogspot.com/2013/07/valerie-worth-poems-about-pocket.html

Diane Mayr shares her experience at a New Hampshire writer’s retreat: http://randomnoodling.blogspot.com/2013/07/poetry-friday-last-laugh.html

Diane also has a “Cocoon” poem at Kurious Kitty: http://kuriouskitty.blogspot.com/2013/07/poetry-friday-cocoon.html

And a quote about the “wild mind” from Michael Hettich: http://kkskwotes.blogspot.com/2013/07/poetry-friday_26.html

Linda Baie is feeling vacation anticipation: http://teacherdance.blogspot.com/2013/07/poetry-friday-anticipation.html

Liz Steinglas shares a poem she wrote last summer about an iconic summer flower: http://elizabethsteinglass.com/2013/07/sunflower/

Mary Lee Hahn  also has sunflowers on her mind…sleds, too! http://readingyear.blogspot.com/2013/07/poetry-friday-speed-of-time.html

Joy Acey shares a modern haiku: http://www.poetryforkidsjoy.blogspot.com/2013/07/modern-haiku.html

Tabatha Yeats points out some of the highlights of the journal, Still: http://tabathayeatts.blogspot.com/2013/07/still.html

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