© It happens at every
peeper’s first song —
velvet blossoms call.
Unfurled at the lake,
I again remember
your face receding.
~love~
Like a burr I’m unaware
I carry,
it settles on me.
Dwindling as it disperses,
yet doomed; planted
with its velvet nightshade.
Memuente form created by Kerfe for Colleen’s 65th birthday celebration.
Colleen Chesebro is the host of Tanka Tuesday.
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Ooh wonderfully evocative 💜
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Thank you, Paula 🙂 Great image to write to.
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I love this and so perfect for the mood of the image 🙂
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Terri, thank you, and thank you for such a wonderful photo to write to 🙂
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Welcome! I enjoy this so much!
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I like the imagery Lisa.
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Thank you, Max. It took me to another place.
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You’ve caught the bittersweet mood of the photo. (K)
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Kerfe, thank you.
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So beautifully written Li.
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Thank you, Sadje.
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You’re welcome
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Beautiful poem, Lisa!
Yvette M Calleiro 🙂
http://yvettemcalleiro.blogspot.com
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Thank you, Yvette.
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Beautiful, Lisa. I love the imagery. 💜
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Gwen, thank you 🙂
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Beautiful, dreamlike 💜
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Thank you, Willow!
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A pleasure 💜
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The burr image is so cool!
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Glad you like it, Boz!
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I love how this captures the moods in the photograph!!!
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Luanne, thanks very much ❤
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You’re so welcome!
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Oh… romance and blacknightshade! I can do with romance, but nightshade does not like me!! I have been told though that the berries of nightshade are boiled and make a lacquer for 1,000 layers on Asian tea boxes! 😀
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Oh wow, Jules did not know that about nightshade. I do know that tomatoes and eggplant are in the nightshade family (eggplant parmegiana anyone?) I also learned recently how to make bayberry candles — using actual bayberries!
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Now that recipe for making bayberry candles would be fun to try. (I think this is wild radish-per Terri’s description. Black nightshade has white petals). I really like this form. 65 syllables total. No fuss, no muss! Your imagery is really lovely. 💟
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Colleen, thank you and glad you enjoyed it.
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You’re so welcome, Lisa.
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Candle making… cool.
Poison Ivy is also in the tomato family…
I can eat tomato and eggplant… but I’ve got to cover up in the garden for the plants that don’t like me!
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What the H!? Poison ivy is also nightshade fam? I hate that stuff! You told me about something to paint on the roots a long time ago but did not write it down. Please, what is it??
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I’ll have to ask hubby where he put that can…
I don’t know if this is the stuff but this is one thing I found;
“It is recommend to paint the fresh cut with full strength glyphosate solution or a 50% dilution in water. This treatment should occur within 48 hours of cutting the glyphosate vine. If any regrowth is seen, it should be retreated with a 5% or 10% treatment solution.” or
“For large plants or vines climbing trees, prune as much of the poison ivy as you can reach. Paint the cut surface of the stump or the tree-clinging vine with herbicide and wait for the plant to die before removing it completely. It may take two or three applications to kill large plants.”
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THANK YOU. Saving the “recipe” this time.
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If I find out the brand …I’ll try and remember to send the ‘name’.
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Hubby thinks it is called “Brushkiller 32” .
He cuts the base of the stem by the ground and has a deticated paint brush… the weed goes in the trash and the exposed ‘root’ gets just a little bit of ‘paint’.
I’ve also read that you take small trash bags – (I don’t know if clear news paper bags or dog poo bags would work. (wear gloves , sleves and cover what exposed skin you can, if you are sensitive to the plant.) Cover the plant (at this point I am thinking a young sprout) pull it up, as much root as you can – and tie off and trash it – don’t reuse the bags as the oil can spread. So each plant gets its own bag. Good Luck.
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Much appreciated, Jules. Keep all of this info. I’ve noticed it loves to creep under plant litter for long distances. Will look for Brushkiller 32
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Once at a different home – it traveled under the pine needles for, well forever! And red or green the leaves, and roots are nasty – at least to me!
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I found the product on amazon and just finished ordering it. I will get all suited/covered up when I use it. The plan is to expose it all from where it has entrenched under the pine needles, clip it off, paint the roots, and keep my fingers crossed. Wish me luck.
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Be very, very careful. Don’t let the roots slap you in the face. I though I was covered well when I was pulling the roots from under the pines (the needles were parting like the Red Sea… and I got one or two spots on my writst… and then it spread – and I was pregnant at the time and couldn’t really do much for it… so, yes be very careful and good luck!
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p.s. keep = keeping (as in I”m keeping)
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🙂
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Lisa ~ I so enjoyed this piece! And I love that you employed Kerfe’s new form! 🙂
Much love,
David
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Thanks much, David. I really like that one syllable bridge.
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👏🏻
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