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28 Aug 10 - 10:21 AM (#2974564) Subject: My Ditty, 'In a Small Pot,' Now On Video From: WalkaboutsVerse Just posted a video of this - http://youtube.com/walkaboutsverse Poem 141 of 230: IN A SMALL POT (TUNE: D F# F# F# G F# E E D E E E F# E D D) I like Acers But rent a flat, So mimic one In a small pot: As for starters, I made a plat Of ivy run Out from one spot; To this basis, All round the mat, In a trunk-bun, Dirt - soaked a lot; Without traces (Not got down pat), A moss-lawn spun And short-ferns shot; And, like Acers, Branches have sat - Wirework done - Toward the pot; Trimmed with scissors, This foliage-hat Thrives in the sun Of my sill-plot. (C) David Franks 2003 From http://walkaboutsverse.webs.com (e-scroll) Or http://blogs.myspace.com/walkaboutsverse (e-book) |
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28 Aug 10 - 10:53 AM (#2974575) Subject: RE: My Ditty, 'In a Small Pot,' Now On Video From: olddude I think that would be a nice kids song David. Nice job, kinda catchy little tune. I could see kids in school singing it. Dan |
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28 Aug 10 - 03:26 PM (#2974720) Subject: RE: My Ditty, 'In a Small Pot,' Now On Video From: WalkaboutsVerse Thanks for the feedback, Dan. I agree - it's very much a simple ditty...perhaps the only tricky bit was the rhyme structure, which repeats each stanza: i.e., abcd, abcd, etc. |
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29 Aug 10 - 01:01 PM (#2975252) Subject: RE: My Ditty, 'In a Small Pot,' Now On Video From: WalkaboutsVerse And, just in case anyone is curious, I used a 3.2 MP camera (the cheapest one in a 2007 Argos catalogue), and Audacity on a Win. 98 computer system - very shoestring...I should have improved the lighting with a lamp. |
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29 Aug 10 - 08:55 PM (#2975526) Subject: RE: My Ditty, 'In a Small Pot,' Now On Video From: leeneia2 but what are 'Acers'? |
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29 Aug 10 - 10:29 PM (#2975585) Subject: RE: My Ditty, 'In a Small Pot,' Now On Video From: The Fooles Troupe Japanese maples (Acer palmatum) are small, deciduous trees grown for their graceful habit, autumn colour and beautiful foliage |
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29 Aug 10 - 10:55 PM (#2975610) Subject: RE: My Ditty, 'In a Small Pot,' Now On Video From: leeneia2 Thanks. |
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30 Aug 10 - 05:14 AM (#2975711) Subject: RE: My Ditty, 'In a Small Pot,' Now On Video From: WalkaboutsVerse ...and, being keen on native gardening, I know that there is one variety of Acer native to England - Acer campestre, common name Field Maple... "SUMMARY OF NATIVE-GARDENING TALK – 2009 THEORY-SLAM Green/eco-friendly gardening is native gardening, and vegetables, plus other consumables, should be the only exotic-flora we plant - as doing so can help limit food-miles, etc. By filling our other garden spaces with natives, we use less water and other resources, whilst aiding the native-fauna that, over the centuries, evolved with them. (Even high-nectar exotics, such as Buddleia, that are very attractive to SOME native-fauna, should be avoided, because they upset nature's/God's balance – God created evolution, too, that is.) Our green gardens, with their vegies and natives, can be made still greener by the addition of compost heaps/bins; a wildlife pond – for native frogs, newts, and so on, rather than exotic goldfish; bee- and bird-boxes, plus carefully-selected regularly-cleaned feeders; rain- and grey-water butts; by growing everything organically - including thrifty home-propagation plus species-swapping; and by leaving some lush untidy patches, decaying branches, etc". (from here). |
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01 Sep 10 - 06:10 AM (#2977321) Subject: RE: My Ditty, 'In a Small Pot,' Now On Video From: WalkaboutsVerse P.S: I still don't have a garden, but I do have another 2nd-hand computer (in shot), with XP's "Movie Maker" on it - which I used to edit the above-linked video. |