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MURDER?
Sunflower sprouts on my chicken salad:
baby sunflower plants.
Infanticide?
No, inPLANTicide.
© Mary Lee Hahn, 2012
Poem #6, National Poetry Month 2012
Cathy, at
Merely Day By Day, is joining me in a poem a day this month. Other daily poem writers include Amy at
The Poem Farm, Linda at
TeacherDance, Donna at
Mainely Write, Laura at
Writing the World for Kids (daily haiku), Liz at
Liz in Ink (daily haiku), Sara at
Read Write Believe (daily haiku)...and YOU?
Giggling...I hope I haven't offended the plants.
HA! I love that little sick side you have, Mary Lee! xo, a.
I can't let my husband, Jeff, read this. He'll be devastated. He's a bit obsessed with sunflowers. As a matter of fact, he came back today with two packs of sunflower seeds to plant. The title is so important in this poem. I find choosing a title to be much harder than I anticipated.
Eeek!
Why does this seem worse that cracking sunflower seeds between my teeth?
This Is Just To Say
I have eaten
the sprouts
that were on
my sandwich
and which
you were probably
saving
for the garden
Forgive me
they were delicious
so young
and so very green
I am LOVING choosing titles! Ever since Final Page of Oak Leaf's Memoir, I have realized how very integral the title is to the poem. Not a descriptor tacked on after the poem is written, but sometimes almost the first line of the poem, or an early punchline, or the bit that makes the poem mean more than it ever could on its own.
Ha! I'm glad I wasn't the first to comment; I might have missed this reply to Murder? But-I do love Inplanticide-It will give my online dictionary a challenge!