A Poem for Thursday...Dougie's Garden.

Dougie’s Garden

Gladiola dahlia, helenium and phlox

Apple tree and lilac with sweet pea grown in blocks

Roses were his favourite flowers, ramblers white and pink

And a tea rose that’s an odd name

For a flower don’t you think?

Primrose, lupin ,daffodil, pansies pink and blue

Flowering currant, hydrangea, peony, fuschia too

But no cabbages, no beans, no carrots, no potatoes

No turnips, peas or scallions, he grew not one of these

The farmer’s son from Keady left behind the rural scene

Turned his gaze towards the city,and fulfilled a childhood dream