A Guy with a Bonsai
…but without the magic touch.
Those who know me
know that I’m a guy
who loves small trees
and owns a bonsai.
To care for the plant
may be rather hard;
it might resemble
a gnarled pollard
if not pruned properly
or trimmed too much.
I don’t think I have
the magic touch.
Among the tools
needed for the job
there is a concave
thingamabob
supposed to produce
clean straight cuts
on the side of the trunk
but with it I’m a klutz. *
Although I’m aware
I haven’t green fingers
the desire to be good
with plants still lingers.
I just have to hope
I don’t make a mess,
I’ll be very careful
and use the cutter less
© Luigi Pagano 2021
* (Yiddish) a clumsy dolt
© ionicus 2023
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Hi Luigi, good to see someone has posted something. I wasn’t sure it still work. Probably others thought the same.
I give you a nomination for being the first.
Cheers
Hi Guaj, I wondered if anybody would comment as up to now it didn’t seem that the site was ever coming back. Anyway, nice to hear from you and thanks for the nomination although I’ve lost faith in one being produced.
Best, Luigi
Bravo Luigi! Bravo! A worthwhile nomination and A good start to get things rolling. I feel bad because I had a poem that I had prepared for being posted today. My sound is not sorted yet on my pc but I thought to do that later. Then I read it at 2 am and decided I had over-egged the custard so to speak as it was a very short poem (and should have stayed that way). So I put it into draft but hope to post two next posting day and hopefully recite them too. I have lots that could… Read more »
You’ll soon catch up with the arrears, Alison and I am looking forward to reading the little gems that you’ve stowed. Let’s hope that more members (and non-members) rejoin the site so that we can establish once again a vibrant community.
Best wishes, Luigi xxx
Hi Luigi. Well, here we are again. Good to see you (so to speak). Liked the poem; short, truncated lines just like the bonsai. I’m a bonsai guy myself..got about 10 on the go at the moment. Wish they were as good as the one pictured. Cheers. Tony.
Hi Tony, as you say, here we are again. Back to square one, so to speak, but at least we have a platform to launch our literary efforts, good, bad or indifferent but always enjoyable. Let’s sharpen our pencils and get back to work. Ten bonsai trees! Quite an achievement. Kudos to you, my friend.
Cheers, Luigi
Hi, Luigi,
I wouldn’t trust myself with bonsai. Everything I plant withers. Just last week I found a garlic bulb with a tiny green shoot. I planted it in a makeshift pot and placed it on my windowsill. The shoot is now 4 inches long. Come the autumn I should have a whole bulb.
There is hope, mate. There is hope. 😉
Indeed there is. Never give up.