Inspiration from Molly's Garden
Sometime this week, Molly Hogan posted a picture on Facebook of her carrots . Go there to see her great image of homegrown carrots. I wrote a Haiku for the carrots in the Comments... Roots try to stretch but Ridged rocks with stony laughs Inhibit their reach. by Donna JT Smith ...but one carrot had a split root, and Molly commented back about its "dancing pants"... And so I could not leave that alone! It was eating at me until I wrote this poem. It wasn't what I'd kind of envisioned. I was thinking a kind of Gingerbread Man scenario. But you can't stop a Carrot Top. Thanks for the inspiration Molly! Carrot's Top The day was cold, the day was spring and I had not a better thing to do today but plant a ring A ring of things I call some carrots. The soil was moist The loam was brown and there I pictured carrot crowns and so I threw Some seeds around To fill the needs of me and rabbits. Tiny green leaves An emerald sprout came up in days In spi