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Feeling poetic?

jan_on zone 5b
10 years ago

Hostas have interesting names.
It's an important part of their charm.
And this urge to want to collect them
Is beginning to cause me alarm.

There are more than 8000 to choose from
But our house has a rather small yard,
And trying to limit my wish list
Is becoming increasingly hard.

There's 'Elegans' 'Liberty' 'Janet'
'Great Expectations' and 'June'
'Kiwi Full Monty' and 'Bridegroom'
And don't forget 'August Moon.

OK Your turn..............
Jan

Comments (29)

  • josephines167 z5 ON Canada
    10 years ago

    Their leaves are a wonder
    Their size to behold
    I wonder how many
    Are sports of Rheingold?

    With so much beauty
    Displayed in many ways
    How can you look at just one
    When you can shop for days
    And days and days!

    Then there's the mices
    So cute and so tough
    I love them to pieces
    And that's not enough!

    There's Whirlwind and Sagae
    Krossa Regal too
    These are so popular
    I have them... do you?

  • ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
    10 years ago

    an homage to wagner.. see link.. substitute words:

    KILL!! the maple.. kill the maple...

    sorry.. skipped poetry .. and went straight to opera.. sorta.. lol ..

    ken

    copy and paste the extra link ....

    Here is a link that might be useful: copy/paste this one too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHivHuPFBqA

  • tsugajunkie z5 SE WI ♱
    10 years ago

    I once got the hosta 'Nantucket'
    delivered to me in a bucket.
    Forgotten, in time
    it then turned to slime
    and all I could do was just chuck it.

    tj

  • bragu_DSM 5
    10 years ago

    Hosta have been around for a LONG time ...

    so here's the world's shortest poem

    Hosta
    Adam had 'em


    dave

  • User
    10 years ago

    Hosta Haiku
    ***************
    Shhhhh, fog whispers
    Ahhhhh, hosta sighs

  • Jon 6a SE MA
    10 years ago

    Well, my attempts at poetry have been few and far between and usually meant for fun but...here goes.

    Ode To The PIP

    In Spring they seem to know

    Through frozen earth and blanket snow

    They feel the change in sunny rays

    Burning fuel ere they have saved

    Their roots hold tight on Earth's sweet breast

    While hoars of frost they do their best

    When ready yet, and not before

    To our delight their fronds will soar

    Jon

    aka 'Bard of the Hosta Patch'

  • donrawson
    10 years ago

    Mocassin,

    Yes, I suppose Adam had one...maybe Forbidden Fruit? LOL

  • don_in_colorado
    10 years ago

    Do I love hostas?
    You bet I do!
    I ripped out all my bushes
    And planted them there, too!

    My apologies,
    Don B.

  • Babka NorCal 9b
    10 years ago

    Where, oh where is Bevie Schmidt (HH's wife) who wrote poems for the "Hosta Magazine" a publication from Len Phillips (of Hosta Finder fame) many years ago, like 2001-2002. She was a regular, talented, contributor.

    Also I noticed when going thru those old publications recently, that our own "IdiotHe" aka Jim Hartmann was a contributor.

    -Babka (not a very good poet...at all)

  • Ludicious Acres
    10 years ago

    What an absolutely delicious post of wordsmithing. I LOVE IT !!!

    Shock me Shock me, the ever long-winded Ludi is rather poor at the construction of rhymed poetry, so I must respectfully decline. I am more comfortable with conversational/instructional writing (the epitome of a forum).

    But these were all so much fun to read !!!

    Thank you everyone ! I enjoyed thoroughly. :)

    Ludi

  • hostanista
    10 years ago

    tsugajunkie:
    You win.

  • hostanista
    10 years ago

    A hosta by any other name
    Would still have its claim to fame,
    For if the world was bare of them
    Wouldn't it be an awful shame?

  • jan_on zone 5b
    Original Author
    10 years ago

    I'm loving all the creativity here. It's keeping us entertained until alphabet time! Keep the lines coming....
    Jan

  • leafwatcher
    10 years ago

    This is too fun to pass up ! hahaha

    I yearned to buy the best
    The ones of old time lore
    Squeezed in so many favorites...
    There are only 10,000 more...

    Some here are in the mountains,
    or Deep in Hobbit holes
    they're growing in pots on stairs
    But we all hate slugs and Voles !

    This board has made me real friends
    They support each others flaws
    But I never had to make a choice
    Between more plants and a bra !

  • Ludicious Acres
    10 years ago

    I retract my previous statement, and accept a personal challenge.

    You all have inspired me. :)

    _____________________________

    Hosta Hosta everywhere
    Weeds abound
    but they donâÂÂt care

    We stop to stare,
    admire and share . . .

    WhatâÂÂs that over there ?

    Oh despair
    a maple looms
    With roots of doom
    and thoughts of gloom

    Catch me quick I fear IâÂÂll swoon !!!

    . . . . . . .

    But despite his best tries
    the shade he provides
    only helps them bloom

    Purple, Lavender, White
    All to our delight

  • tsugajunkie z5 SE WI ♱
    10 years ago

    Thanks, Hostanista. When I saw there really was a hosta 'Nantucket', I couldn't resist. Cleaned up for family viewing, of course.

    tj

  • harryshoe zone6 eastern Pennsylvania
    10 years ago

    Roses are red
    Hosta are green and blue
    Except for Midas Touch
    Which is kinda yellow

  • newhostalady Z6 ON, Canada
    10 years ago

    This thread brought me back to Grade 7 & 8 where every once in a while the teacher expected us to write a poem. I hated doing it then, so I figured I wouldn't do it now. But then I changed my mind! So I put my thinking cap on and had a good laugh while creating it. I said to my daughter that I didn't know why I found it so funny. She answered "because it is so true."

    Digging, weeding,
    This is daily what I do,
    Almost anything for my hosta,
    This is absolutely true.

    I have my favorites,
    Let me see,
    There's Atlantis, June,
    First Frost and GE.

    I love the colors,
    Their texture and size,
    They look so darned lovely,
    All could win a grand prize.

    I am a hostaholic,
    My family knows it well,
    They say this hosta madness,
    Has put me under a spell.

    Secretly, I wonder too,
    what is happening to me,
    This obsession is creating,
    a stranger, don't you see?

    But all in all the hosta world,
    Is a wonder to behold,
    For today, tomorrow and always,
    I'll never be too old!

  • cyn427 (z. 7, N. VA)
    10 years ago

    To the Hosta

    Slugs, bugs, and nematodes,
    Certainly can't defeat them.
    Throw 'em on the driveway,
    Leave 'em in a ditch,
    Back they come
    Without a hitch.


    The gardens are full, the DH yelled
    It's everywhere hostas-
    In front and behind
    To my right and my left
    In the ground and in pots
    And he cried out aloud,
    You've left me no grass
    Not a patch not a sliver
    And then he collapsed
    Atop Lazy River.

  • don_in_colorado
    10 years ago

    LOL cyn! That's awesome!!

    Don B.

  • esther_b
    10 years ago

    Pointy leaf, broad, or twisted,
    Solid, striped, or misted,
    Green or gold or bluish
    Mini, medium or huge,
    Rising toward the sky unbound
    Or growing rather near the ground
    It is the plant oâÂÂer which we grow silly,
    That everlovinâ plantain lily.

  • User
    10 years ago

    Nice one, Esther. I'm thinking Everlovin' would make a great name for a hosta.....

    ....and then offspring from Teaspoon or Blue Cadet, how about Loving Spoonful? My poetic tendencies run toward naming things. Like houses, studios, walkways, arbors, gardens...and sometimes hostas.....although someone who knows the history of a particular hosta can do a much better job connecting it to the family tree.

  • don_in_colorado
    10 years ago

    H. 'Everlovin'...Yes, has a nice ring to it. : )

    Don B.

  • esther_b
    10 years ago

    Thanks, Moc >

    Everlovin' is a very cute name for a hosta. I think it would be best for a mini, a real little cutie of a hosta.

    I just like writing verse. Give me a topic, I write.

  • bragu_DSM 5
    10 years ago

    No-ID the unknown hosta
    had some very shiny pets.
    And if you ever saw them
    You might even call them red.

    Olive (OBL) the other hosta
    Used to laugh and call him names,
    She never let poor No-Id
    join in any hosta games.

    Then one soggy Springtime eve
    Gardner Dave came to say
    No-Id with your pets so bright
    Won't you be my garden delight?.

    Then how the hosta loved him.
    And OBL shouted out with glee,
    No-Id the red pet hosta
    I'm glad you're in the garden with me!

    dave *might put that to song*

    This post was edited by bragu on Tue, Dec 24, 13 at 5:03

  • Steve Massachusetts
    10 years ago

    I will arise and go now
    And go to the woodland glade.
    And a small garden build there
    Of Oak and stone and shade
    Hosta will I have there of green and gold and blue,
    Interplanted with ferns and moss
    Perhaps a heuchera or two.
    When winter winds howl bitterly and sing,
    Still I see my garden in Spring.


    Apologies to mountainy man.

    Happy Christmas to all.

    Steve

  • don_in_colorado
    10 years ago

    HVX, many plants it wrecks,
    See it locally all the time.
    Until we have a 'cure' for it,
    I'll buy my hostas online.

    Sung to the tune of 'Jingle Bells'

    Don B.

  • jan_on zone 5b
    Original Author
    10 years ago

    Oh my, what a lot of creative people---and not just poets, but song lyricists too! I'm lovin' it! Thanks for sharing your lines.
    Jan

  • littlebug5
    10 years ago

    Gee, now my mind is racing with the possibilities of non-family-friendly versions of Nantucket . . . . snicker, snicker.