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EXCEPTIONALLY ORDINARy

The everyday plants in EVERYONES garden.

6 total reviews 
Comment from Navada
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Thanks for this horticultural stroll through your garden! My knowledge of botanical names is limited, but I enjoyed your obvious enthusiasm and I feel that I learned something from reading.

 Comment Written 13-Dec-2023

reply by the author on 13-Dec-2023
    Thank you so much Navada. They are the Latin names for the WEEDS. Thanks for the review. Eric X
Comment from JSD
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Good idea in the title, as FanStory will not accept capitals in a title. Bizarrely!

Lovely celebration of common weeds. The fashion now is for rewilding and letting nature take over. You're clearly a trailblazer.

 Comment Written 13-Dec-2023

reply by the author on 13-Dec-2023
    I try trailblazing everywhere JSD. And, bizarrely, I like using capitals. Thanks for your comment on my tale of WEEDS.
Comment from patcelaw
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Weeds are the bane of many proud gardeners. So some people call them flowers and other people called them Wade. I enjoyed your poem very much and I wish you the very best Christmas and may you have a happy and prosperous new year. Patricia.

 Comment Written 12-Dec-2023

reply by the author on 12-Dec-2023
    Thank you Patricia and the very same to you and yours. Thanks for your review. I was hoping the Latin wouldn't put folks off. THANK YOU, Eric X
reply by patcelaw on 12-Dec-2023
    I took Latin in high school, so the Latin didn?t bother me at all.
reply by the author on 12-Dec-2023
    You, Patricia, took Latin, I took The Yorkshire dialect. I am a lowly commoner with no qualifications except AAAAAs in love.
Comment from Ginda Simpson
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Using their Latin names, you have elevated your ordinary flowers to a lofty position. Lowly though they may be, they clearly bring you joy and vivid color. Who wouldn't like such a garden?

 Comment Written 12-Dec-2023

reply by the author on 12-Dec-2023
    Thank you soooooo much Ginda, for your great review, I appreciate all reactions to my posts. I'm happy you liked the inclusion of the Latin. I thank you again as I don't get that many reviews. Eric X
Comment from Wendyanne
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Wow you have made weeds sound so wonderfully exotic!! You have given each flower a different character, ie,
"the meercat of my garden,
keeps a sunny eye from it's lofty perch
and never seeks my pardon."
Very nice.

 Comment Written 12-Dec-2023

reply by the author on 12-Dec-2023
    Thanks Wendyanne. Diversification is the name of the game for poets. And anyway the poem reflects the state of my garden. LOL
Comment from Yusita
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A brilliant poem that cleverly and beautifully describes various types of plants/flowers that we would consider weeds but which have much to contribute, though we sometimes don't stop to notice this. I especially loved the stanza about the daisy... "an image of snowy down", "with the strength and tenacity of the Oak". A splendid write!

 Comment Written 12-Dec-2023

reply by the author on 12-Dec-2023
    Thank you sooo much Yusita for your review. Weeds or not, they are still flowers, and they reflect the state of my garden. LOL Thanks again.