DNA At Play

Who's that cat with the DNA

you know, the double helix

terrific hieroglyphic

we'll call this baby Felix

those genes so tight

the shape just right

the seed of  evolution

a life if plotted perfectly

is a right first time solution

Down to Earth

My garden is a paradise

A revelation corner

on gentle summer evenings

amid the flora and the fauna

I taste the scent of wonderland

intoxicating air

feel the timeless tuneful pulse

a captured essence rare

To take a sip of honey dew

and coast the twilight trail

to the music of eternity

on a ship of golden sail

I let the moments idle by

the evening cloak descend

no burden left to pack away

my quiet garden friend

The Wistful Gardener

I have a garden roller

occasionally I use

to flatten humps

and earthen bumps

to levels I enthuse

It is a sturdy work machine

enduring through the years

from meadow scene

to bowling green

the envy of my peers

Yet nowadays through settlement

more prone to sit and think

by garden chair

we sturdy pair

just me and Bennetfink

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Benetfink & Co. was a large retail business located at 89-90 Cheapside, London, from c1845 to 1907. The firm described themselves as "furnishing ironmongers" and sold a huge range of metalware products for the home. An advertisement from 1852 claimed that Benetfink would furnish an eight-roomed house for £5.

This rhyme about an old  garden lawn roller was requested by Tony Turner of Herne Bay in Kent. Apparently, Tony's family had in their possession a garden lawn roller supplied by Bennetfink & Co.
By the time I knew Tony he was living alone with his happy family memories. I was glad to have had the opportunity to reintroduce him to smiling and the occasional hearty laugh. The rhyme sort of sums up his life's reflections.

Make Water Meat Free

Oh no the news on meat today
unwittingly devoured
by every vegetarian
and all the other living crowd

Plankton by the millions
in every water glass
spoon feeding meaty plankton
vegetarians scream out ‘pass’

They’ll have to give up water
and maybe just drink ales
and leave the tiny morsels
to those nasty killer whales