tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post1532214772353700284..comments2024-03-19T05:26:04.770-04:00Comments on A Year of Reading: Poetry Friday -- RevulsionMary Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09078793537148794310noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-20466261295167158082008-08-09T06:30:00.000-04:002008-08-09T06:30:00.000-04:00I tend to let it go too, just ripping it out of wh...I tend to let it go too, just ripping it out of where I want something else to flourish. But then, I am a haphazard gardener and love any little bloom that stubborn.Andromeda Jazmonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12355192738014962965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-87824763645797273092008-08-08T18:36:00.000-04:002008-08-08T18:36:00.000-04:00I'm always struggling with the bindweed in my gard...I'm always struggling with the bindweed in my garden-- it creeps in insidiously, and somehow manages to wrap around something multiple times before I've even seen it spring up. I think I wouldn't mind it so much if it actually bloomed!<BR/><BR/>FYI, one of Cecily Barker's flower fairies is a Bindweed.Saints and Spinnershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04733517166056974501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-18886450832848744982008-08-08T10:44:00.000-04:002008-08-08T10:44:00.000-04:00Lovely poem about a diabolical sort of plant. It i...Lovely poem about a diabolical sort of plant. It is indeed the poet's job "to take us by the chin and turn our head and make us look". (I believe I'm going to quoteskim that for Sunday's post, in fact - so lovely.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-71583338945284879412008-08-08T10:25:00.000-04:002008-08-08T10:25:00.000-04:00I'm stunned! Two out of three commenters have not...I'm stunned! Two out of three commenters have not heard of bindweed?!?! ASTONISHING!Mary Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09078793537148794310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-17053564490165000942008-08-08T08:10:00.000-04:002008-08-08T08:10:00.000-04:00Wow, what a fabulous poem. Spooky, really, but com...Wow, what a fabulous poem. Spooky, really, but completely true about bindweed. I have to admit that I simply left it alone in the garden, ripped it away from where I didn't need it, and burned (with a tiny butane torch) those spots where other plant seedlings needed time to grow, and I absolutely COULD NOT have it strangling things, but otherwise, I really don't mind it. It's so pretty.<BR/><BR/>I'm a masochist, though; I actually plant morning glories... <BR/><BR/>I love the last line, about being held closer and closer...tanita✿davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01671822274852087499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-63626405015543287662008-08-08T07:45:00.000-04:002008-08-08T07:45:00.000-04:00I love your description of a poet's job: "to take ...I love your description of a poet's job: "to take us gently by the chin and turn our head and make us look..." <BR/><BR/>You've made me turn and look today. I would've said bindweed was a fantasy plant, used to restrain dragons or other magical creatures. :)Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12225998457253574928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-75458101351291213172008-08-08T07:43:00.000-04:002008-08-08T07:43:00.000-04:00What a great poem about an apparently not-so-great...What a great poem about an apparently not-so-great plant. I'm not familiar with Bindweed, but we've got every other kind of intruder in our yard.jamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07859083373087448194noreply@blogger.com