New Word In The Garden Poem by Douglas Scotney

Douglas Scotney

Douglas Scotney

Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Resides in Adelaide

New Word In The Garden



Of the space that it alone grows in
in my Japanese garden,
my mondo grass occupies
closer to a tithe* than a fifth.

The rest is dirt and stones.

The way it grows -
in tufts or bunched clusters -
is said by botanists
to be caespitose.

New Word In The Garden
Monday, November 23, 2020
Topic(s) of this poem: garden,japan,language
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
24.11.20. * a tithe = a tenth
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Douglas Scotney

Douglas Scotney

Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Resides in Adelaide
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