a poem in a pot

Goals

At least 10 poems in a pot for April
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Table of Content

1. How to be a Vegetable
2. i wish i were more like a tree
3. Tuesday Night
4. El Mundo en un Vaso
5. I held the Sun
6. A Crying Poet
7. Twig
8. It's raining 6 and 7's
9. Rather Than
10. Dreamer
11. Shooting Stars
12. Quiet Space
13. Checklist!
14. Plating Attitude
15. Tidy Endings
16. tomorrow's fear
17. Envy those
18. scent of summer
19. writer in disguise
20. Salt and Pepper
21. The gentleman with the dark blue hat
22. Journeys end in lovers' meeting
23. Can I ask?
24. Knock, knock. Who's there?'
25. Melting Moments of Time
26. Bitter
27. Vertical and Horizontal
28. Moonlit Nights
29. facade
30. Words that fade away in grey castles

1. How to be a Vegetable



To be a veggie is
quite absurd, a pretty
little oddity of life
Oh carrots and cabbage, it’s a dream

But If you’ve ever wondered
what it takes to be a veggie, for goodness’
sake, just follow these tip-tap steps
to live as they say; a ve-ge-table-s life

No need for arms or legs, you see
Or stifles of worry, sadness and grief
For they darken the colour of your red
Tomato cheeks
Green umbrella, you should stretch out to the sky instead
To catch the sunlight as you stand tall
And free

Let the raindrops kiss your leaves
Twirl and spin, let the drops fall down
No shoes or fancy jackets around for snails,
Those teeny-tiny fashion thieves
That stroll above your wiggling roots
In the coldness of a brown coat

Though, beware of those pesky bugs and
their devious shenanigans
Don’t let them define your purpose
and your in-dom-it-able
-ness. Show no fear and
shout: “I’m a veggie, hear me, and I’m
vegging all about!”

There you have it, your veggie degree
for thinking about those oddities too
So if you’re feeling a bit pe-
Cu-lair, think of all, lettuce and greens
And soon enough, a veggie you’ll be!

2. i wish i were more like a tree



i wish i were more like a tree
stronger than I ever knew
living like a mortal, while a timeless-
being at heart

i wish i were more like a tree
through rain and storms, standing as if
i had not a (particular) thing to worry
my wavy head about

i wish i were more like a tree
green and adorned with fungi to keep me
company, but perfectly immaculate
inside (/from a distance)

i wish i were more like a tree
feeling the change of tidings in my
trunk-covered bones, while waiting for
the moon to rise

i wish
i
were more
like
a tree

when you can see me
as nothing more
but a tree

3. Tuesday Night



Don’t find me on a tuesday night, don’t
call or text or bring a fight, don’t wish
You left the lights on in the abyss, don’t
Try to turn back on the road, just
Don’t

Don’t deny the past you’ve left behind, don’t
Let them down on tuesday night, don’t
Think we’ve got it all sorted out, don’t live
Like you haunt the front doors, ‘cause you
Don’t

Don’t believe you’re gone for now, don’t
Make it seem like a difference, don’t make a vow
You’ll never mean, don’t try anything
On tuesday night, I know you will, but
Don’t