A Red Waistcoat And Green Fingers

Hide and seek on an allotment

Hide and seek flirtatiously
flitting to and fro',
between the newly upturned sods
and bramble laced hedgerow.

A robin with the old man played
as always on it's terms,
hiding whilst the gardener toiled
then seeking out the worms.

Author's Note

Short,hopefully sweet !!

Reviews

[Dave Brown]

just happened across this
certainly an accurate reflection
Hate to be a worm
finally crawl out of the dirty ground for a lookey-se and get eaten

[Gee]

Morning Dave. You did well to find this one.
Cheers

[Patricia Wedel]

dear Gee... I adore Robins... now that I am old,
I will upturn the earth by the hedge and bring the worms out and about for the Robins delight. Your poem is very endearing. truly, Pat

[Gee]

Thank you Patricia

[barleygirl]

I love this. Nice rhyme & rhythm conveys the lightness of spirit in your message. I am very entranced by the various critters in my garden. I love the worms so much, knowing how their "passage" leaves fertile ground, I don't want the birds to peck them away as soon as I turn my back! *smile* Fondly, Margie

[Gee]

Good morning Margie, hope all is well with you.
Thank you.

[Chris Shaw]

This is so adorable Gee. I love it. Short and sweet and so very, very cute and visual. We had an allotment for years. It was good fun (apart from the hard work). I used to sit and write poetry, sipping my tea, my husband used to do the digging (lol).

Chris

[Gee]

And that's how it should have been. Hope all is well with you Christine. Thank you

[Chris Shaw]

All's well here. Rain falling!!

[Gee]

Aye, there's a wee bit of precipitation in MK too.
Off to Vilamoura Saturday, 25 year wedding anniversary celebrations ( 0110 ) with two of our besties, can't wait :))

[Gee]

0110...............The good lady deserves a medal

[Gee]

Bollox, ' scuse moi francais Rodders..01/10..

[Chris Shaw]

Well happy anniversary to you both. 25 years is quite an achievement. More than a life sentence says my other half! Hope you have a wonderful time with your friends.

Chris

[Gee]

Thank you kindly :)))))

[Askew]

This is beautiful and sweet, it makes me smile

[Gee]

Thank you Lexi

[Gee]

Make sure he's got some bin bags in his pocket !!!!
Cheers lorry

[Lorry]

Ah, the red waistcoat of the robin, letting the human find his dinner for him...and we have the cheek to think we're in charge. Who are we fooling? I would write more, but the dogs gonna take me for a walk :)

[Gee]

How awfully rude of me. Just came across this review Lorry, apologies for not replying.
Thank you kindly

[Lorry]

Ha, no worries. Have done the same thing myself :)

[Phill Oz O'fee]

I've got one of those in my patch - great little poetical reminder of our garden friends

[Gee]

Cheers. We have one that is constantly visiting

[Joshua Carl Cruz]

Gee with another little stunner. Really fun to see this one in my minds eye. I imagine a finch when reading this. Good job Gee

[Gee]

Thank you JCC

[slfisher89]

Lovely and lyrical quality; fit well in the romantic writing era

[Gee]

Cheers.....