Botanic Gardens Poem by Douglas Scotney

Douglas Scotney

Douglas Scotney

Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Resides in Adelaide

Botanic Gardens

Rating: 4.4


I brought back five leaves
from my Gardens walk
to test Richard
stuck in the car:

a very 'old' gingko -
he said nasturtium;

an uncommon hand-shaped plane -
he knew the maple-like common;

two oaks,
the unusual q. brantii, and the usual;

and a sequoia -
there's a gum in Australia that's higher, * said Dick.
He being a poet who eschews rhyme,
I said, yeah, but nowhere near as thick.

* Not true since 2006, when a 116 metre sequoia named Hyperion was found.
The highest eucalyptus regnans, Centurion, is a hundred.

Botanic Gardens
Wednesday, October 21, 2020
Topic(s) of this poem: leaves,test,trees
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
22 Oct 20. Pic Plantanus orientalis digitata
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Kumarmani Mahakul 27 October 2020

CONGRATULATIONS! CONGRATULATIONS! This is nice to see your lovely poem as the poem of the day. To test Richard stuck in the car you have brought up ahead and found its values. An excellent poem is well penned which is very informative.

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a very 'old' gingko. Deserves congrats being POD

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Bernard F. Asuncion 27 October 2020

A well penned poem of the day. Truly wonderful and impressive. Congrats on your featured piece. 5 stars*****

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Akhtar Jawad 27 October 2020

A keen observation, an intelligent discussion and the result a nice poem rightly selected as members' poem. Congrats!

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Deluke Muwanigwa 27 October 2020

Make sure no one cuts trees. " If you are a big tree we are the axe. Ready to cut you down"

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Dr Dillip K Swain 20 December 2021

A lovely poem. I love botanical gardens! !

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Dr Dillip K Swain 06 September 2021

I love botanical garden....lush green ambience! So lovely greenery ground.. beautiful.

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Mahtab Bangalee 27 October 2020

He, being a poet who eschews rhyme, I said, yeah, but nowhere near as thick/// difficult to understand this POD poem for me; whatever, though I have no knowledge of botanical science yet I congrats you for being selected your poem as POD....from me 5*****

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Hannatu Adamu 27 October 2020

Beautiful poem. Loved it!

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Edward Kofi Louis 27 October 2020

Muse of the garden! ! ! With the romance of nature! Thanks for sharing this poem with us.

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Douglas Scotney

Douglas Scotney

Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Resides in Adelaide
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