By the Garden Shed
A Swap Quatrain: Of Love and Remembrance69 total reviews
Comment from A. Willow Bends
Fantastic author notes. Very educational and informative. In actuality, the poem itself is the same, but tells the story of a heritage lovingly handed down through this flower and aren't they lovely? This poem is unique, creatively done, carries a lovely rhyming cadence and the overall effect with the photo chosen is perfection.
Wendy
reply by the author on 20-Apr-2020
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Fantastic author notes. Very educational and informative. In actuality, the poem itself is the same, but tells the story of a heritage lovingly handed down through this flower and aren't they lovely? This poem is unique, creatively done, carries a lovely rhyming cadence and the overall effect with the photo chosen is perfection.
Wendy
Comment Written 20-Apr-2020
reply by the author on 20-Apr-2020
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Good Morning, Wendy!
I am honored by your exceptional rating and complimentary review.
So pleased you enjoyed!
Thank you!
diane
Comment from LisaMay
Thanks for the immersion in beautiful hollyhocks! I love how in your poem you share the bounty of blooms with the family continuation, flourishing through the years. Your swap quatrain is very effectively done.
reply by the author on 20-Apr-2020
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Thanks for the immersion in beautiful hollyhocks! I love how in your poem you share the bounty of blooms with the family continuation, flourishing through the years. Your swap quatrain is very effectively done.
Comment Written 20-Apr-2020
reply by the author on 20-Apr-2020
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Hello Lisa!
So pleased you enjoyed!
Do you grow hollyhocks? I am so looking forward to their blooming!
Thank you again!
diane
Comment from Iza Deleanu
Flowers are a good reminder of our dear ones. Your mom did a good job with the flowers and probably everytime you look at the garden you are seeing her smiling.
reply by the author on 20-Apr-2020
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Flowers are a good reminder of our dear ones. Your mom did a good job with the flowers and probably everytime you look at the garden you are seeing her smiling.
Comment Written 20-Apr-2020
reply by the author on 20-Apr-2020
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Hello Iza!
Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed!
diane
Comment from Dolly'sPoems
I enjoyed your story of the gardener's dedication here and how it paid off with the blooming of flowers and left for us to admire. A poem with no particular meter and good end rhymes, much enjoyed, love Dolly x
reply by the author on 20-Apr-2020
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I enjoyed your story of the gardener's dedication here and how it paid off with the blooming of flowers and left for us to admire. A poem with no particular meter and good end rhymes, much enjoyed, love Dolly x
Comment Written 20-Apr-2020
reply by the author on 20-Apr-2020
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Good Morning, Dolly!
So pleased you enjoyed.
Your observation re: "no particular meter" is correct: none is required in swap quatrain, but each line in my poem contains 10 syllables.
Thank you!
diane
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I hope you weren?t offended by my comment Diane, I didn?t mean it as a criticism, I thought your poem was lovely, love Dolly x
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No, Dolly, I wasn't offended. It does seem odd that a swap quatrain doesn't require a specific meter = good thing for me... :)
One reviewer, born in England, commented that "sure" and "her" are near rhymes and not pure rhymes.
I had a bit of fun with that with my family last evening as in northern Michigan, we pronounce "sure" as "sher" = rhymes with "her." So I phoned our daughter and British son-in-law, and asked them to put their phone on speaker. I then asked them to pronounce both words as I spelled them. Immediately, my daughter said, "sher," while our Oxford graduate son-in-law said, "shore."
So it goes...
Take Care!
diane
Comment from Gypsy Blue Rose
By the Garden Shed
by Mrs. KT
Hello, Mrs KT,
A beautiful and heartfelt poem about the legacy of a grandmother to her daughter and granddaughter. The beautiful flowers were her legacy. What a lovely thought. A fine Swap Quatrain: Of Love and Remembrance.
reply by the author on 20-Apr-2020
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By the Garden Shed
by Mrs. KT
Hello, Mrs KT,
A beautiful and heartfelt poem about the legacy of a grandmother to her daughter and granddaughter. The beautiful flowers were her legacy. What a lovely thought. A fine Swap Quatrain: Of Love and Remembrance.
Comment Written 20-Apr-2020
reply by the author on 20-Apr-2020
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Good Morning, Gypsy!
So pleased you enjoyed!
Thank you!
diane
Comment from Minglement
I really enjoyed this lovely, poignant poem for many reasons. Partly because hollyhocks were a part of my childhood (making Hollyhock dolls) but also because they spark wishes for the grandmother I never knew. Thanks for sharing :)
reply by the author on 20-Apr-2020
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I really enjoyed this lovely, poignant poem for many reasons. Partly because hollyhocks were a part of my childhood (making Hollyhock dolls) but also because they spark wishes for the grandmother I never knew. Thanks for sharing :)
Comment Written 20-Apr-2020
reply by the author on 20-Apr-2020
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Hello Marcia!
So pleased my words resonated with you!
I, too, remember making hollyhock dolls!
Thank you!
diane
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You are so welcome, my friend. We were easily entertained lol. Kids today, don't know what they missed.
Comment from J.R. Preston
Wow what a beautiful and touching poem! It spoke to me intimately because both my mother and my maternal grandmother are excellent gardeners and it is a way they connect with the earth and nurture their spirits! Thank you so much for sharing!
reply by the author on 20-Apr-2020
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Wow what a beautiful and touching poem! It spoke to me intimately because both my mother and my maternal grandmother are excellent gardeners and it is a way they connect with the earth and nurture their spirits! Thank you so much for sharing!
Comment Written 19-Apr-2020
reply by the author on 20-Apr-2020
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Hello J.R.
Thank you for your exceptional rating and complimentary review.
So very pleased my offering resonated with you!
Thank you!
diane
Comment from Gypsymooncat
This is a beautiful poem, and a beautiful tribute to the memory of your hard-working mother. I also love hollyhocks - my neighbour has many in her front garden, and always shares what she can. In fact, we both share what we can. There's nothing prettier and more joyful than a garden full of flowers, especially hollyhocks poking out from in between everything else. Currently, I'm trying to cultivate a pot of them, in hopes that I'll be able to plant them in the garden soon. Thank you for putting a smile on my face today, and for the beautiful flowers xoxoxoxo
reply by the author on 20-Apr-2020
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This is a beautiful poem, and a beautiful tribute to the memory of your hard-working mother. I also love hollyhocks - my neighbour has many in her front garden, and always shares what she can. In fact, we both share what we can. There's nothing prettier and more joyful than a garden full of flowers, especially hollyhocks poking out from in between everything else. Currently, I'm trying to cultivate a pot of them, in hopes that I'll be able to plant them in the garden soon. Thank you for putting a smile on my face today, and for the beautiful flowers xoxoxoxo
Comment Written 19-Apr-2020
reply by the author on 20-Apr-2020
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Hello Gypsymooncat!
I am honored by your exceptional rating and thoughtful review.
I smiled when I read about the sharing between you and your neighbor!
So pleased you enjoyed!
Good luck with cultivating your hollyhocks; that really is the way to go!
Thank you again!
diane
Comment from Gloria ....
Diane I think this is about the loveliest swap quatrain I've ever read. My grandmother was very fond of her garden and spent almost every waking hour out tilling the rows of veggies or tending her many beds of flowers. Hollyhocks were among her favourites. I still grow some, but not many, as too often the strong winds break them.
I enjoyed the surprise hues, which is usually nice and I got a real sense of profound warmth and history for your magnificently crafted poem.
Many thanks for sharing. :)
Gloria
reply by the author on 19-Apr-2020
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Diane I think this is about the loveliest swap quatrain I've ever read. My grandmother was very fond of her garden and spent almost every waking hour out tilling the rows of veggies or tending her many beds of flowers. Hollyhocks were among her favourites. I still grow some, but not many, as too often the strong winds break them.
I enjoyed the surprise hues, which is usually nice and I got a real sense of profound warmth and history for your magnificently crafted poem.
Many thanks for sharing. :)
Gloria
Comment Written 19-Apr-2020
reply by the author on 19-Apr-2020
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Dear Gloria,
Well, you are the second friend today to have brought me to tears by your appreciation of my swap quatrain! Goodness! I am beyond honored and humbled at the same time.
Both sets of my grandparents were farmers. And from both grandmothers, I still have perennials that bloom every year in our gardens. In fact, I've set certain sections of our yard just for that purpose. Along the northwest side of our home, my maternal grandmother's lily-of-the-valley has taken over, and throughout our yard, her campanula has taken on a life of its own! I never know where it is going to appear, and I wouldn't change that for anything.
The hollyhocks now grow alongside an arbor in our back yard, and along a fence further away from the lily-of-the-valley on the north-west side of our home, I originally planted them alongside a small walkway as one enters our home, but my husband was none too fond of that arrangement especially when they began to get a bit straggly in the autumn...
Our daughter is to give birth to our first grandchild in September, and I can hardly wait to share my hollyhock seeds with her and her little family...
Thank you again, Gloria.
Hoping you are faring well and are safe...
diane
Comment from Cindy Decker
Mrs. K T, what a wonderful presentation. I really liked your rhyming poem, singing about the tradition of passed on seeds. I watched the video and was amazed, first of all at the beauty and splendor of this tall flower. Very nice. I appreciated that someone took the time to show me his flowers, but I seriously thought he was going to blow away in the end...Lol. Thank you for the nice poem. I learned something. Blessings.
Cindy
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Mrs. K T, what a wonderful presentation. I really liked your rhyming poem, singing about the tradition of passed on seeds. I watched the video and was amazed, first of all at the beauty and splendor of this tall flower. Very nice. I appreciated that someone took the time to show me his flowers, but I seriously thought he was going to blow away in the end...Lol. Thank you for the nice poem. I learned something. Blessings.
Cindy
Comment Written 19-Apr-2020