Magpie Tales #26
let us gather the water can
it sits on the garden wallit has been sitting there all summer
i recall - since
our walk now months ago
we will need to store it now
before fall winds and winter's snow
i know we have another - that appears to serve us well,
but the old one is my favourite
darling, that you can surely tell
let us together head to the garden
to gather the water can -
it was the first one that you bought me
remember, when the garden's youth matched ours
then too you would accompany
me to the garden
where we gathered love
for endless hours...
bkmackenzie
copyrighted 2010
Note: I will be traveling most of next week - so I do not know if I will be able to check in on everyones tale ...will do my best as time permits......blessings to everyone....bkm
Lovely Magpie, a story about true love, I loved the line:
ReplyDelete'remember, when the garden's youth matched ours-
Lovely.
I used to have an old metal watering can that I had been my parents', and which I could well remember lugging around as I "helped" them do gardening. I had it for ages and it always made me glad to see it. Then, when my son was young, he and a friend decided it was just an old watering can and pounched holes through it for some non-reason. I was really upset about it. I remember telling them, just because it seems valueless to you, doesn't make it so.
ReplyDeleteI think it's interesting how many writers thought of lovers, love and old memories. Enjoyed your Magpie!
ReplyDeletewhere we gather love for many hours...i like that alot...
ReplyDeletecommunal love to bring forth a new life...
ReplyDeleteA lovely Magpie.
ReplyDelete'...it was the first one that you bought me
remember, when the garden's youth matched ours...'
Lovely line.
Wonderfully written magpie! Excellent post!
ReplyDelete-Weasel
pleasant and promising tale.
ReplyDeleteloved it!
;)
I LOVE love! Beautiful!
ReplyDeleteAh....how sweet! And I am living proof that the old ones are the best ones! We scrub up well, too!
ReplyDeletelovingly written...all from a simple photo of a watering can!
ReplyDeleteA lovely piece BKM
ReplyDeleteDear bk mackenzie: Touching poem of true love which survives the years to become old (but with a lovely patina!). Love this line;
ReplyDelete"but the old one is my favourite
darling, that you can surely tell"
Yes, the old one is my favourite too! AbSOULutely!!!
that is the kind of romance i would love to find in the garden.
ReplyDeletenicely magged!
Beautiful writing! :-)
ReplyDeleteSuch lovely memories.
ReplyDeleteThis is very charming. I really like the phrase "when the garden's youth matched ours." It speaks of a lifetime of sharing and growing together.
ReplyDeleteLove, when true, always remains forever... whether it is towards a person, or towards an object... And when the objects is part of the love shared between 2 humans, it really has a special place in their place...
ReplyDeleteThis was a beautiful and moving poem... a lovely read!
Lovely. The gathering and the love: "when the garden's youth/matched ours." Very nice.
ReplyDeletebkm,
ReplyDeletea poem,
a garden,
a love,
maturing with a little water
and a little sun.
Beautiful piece.
rel
Yes, I loved it too.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful and bittersweet.
ReplyDeleteOld favourites are the best! Lovely.
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