No first-hand experience

Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later. Og Mandino

A good poem starts the same way as a young plant

his roots firmly burrowed in fertile grounds

it’s the idea, the start of a song, nature’s chant

a fuse that burns through the land, no bounds

 

by the pen as a plough, driven by the force of the hand

a trail is drawn in a row of sentences, they grow

or so they say, as a leaf or a flower, they stand

together inside a meaning or a feeling, they flow

 

a good harvest it is, when you gather the fruit

the best and the sweetest, high from the sound

they will poetically enchant the spirits as good

 

as they are but don’t be too idle, don’t be too vain

if some day, someone says, hooray for what I found

stay on earth, don’t fly away, just start again planting the grain. 

 

© Rudi J.P. Lejaeghere

05/04/2015

Author's Note

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Reviews

[Coyote Poetry]

I agree my friend. A life is like a garden. In the book "Being There" by Kosinski. He compared life to garden often.
"a good harvest it is, when you gather the fruit
the best and the sweetest, high from the sound
they will poetically enchant the spirits as good"
Thank you for sharing the excellent poetry.
Coyote

[Rudi J.P. Lejaeghere]

Thank you, John, for passing by, reading and reviewing my poem. Glad you liked it. :) Rudi

[Coyote Poetry]

I did and you are welcome.

[B]

i love nature intertwining with words and values of remaining humble

Its nice how you linked the physical with the nonphysical and it sort of creates something in the end

One thing

i guess a plant :)

[Rudi J.P. Lejaeghere]

Thank you for your comment, Nisreena. I'm happy you like my writings. This is a poem in the Italian sonnet form. It's a (free) translation of one of my Dutch poems. Being Belgian and my native language being Dutch I always write in Dutch and translate it afterwards. At my surprise, some poems even sound and 'are' better in English. :) Rudi

[B]

Somethings are lost in translation

Where you lose one thing you gain another

I guess in this case
It sounds way better !!

[Rudi J.P. Lejaeghere]

Yes, you are right, of course. Thanks again. :)

[....................]

A wonderful comparison between crops and poetry. Both require good, fertile ground, constant nurturing and sound harvesting. There was a part that reminded me of Seamus Heaney's "Digging" in which his pen is his plough. But we must remember to continue to plant and harvest the best that we can and to not let the smallest hint of fame go to our heads. Nicely written, Rudi!

[Rudi J.P. Lejaeghere]

Thanks, FT. Glad you like it too and I'm thankful for your words. Have a good day. :) Rudi

[sereenaoutloud]

i love this, so true how we all start writing, you break if down perfectly! The photo is very cute too!

[Rudi J.P. Lejaeghere]

Thanks, Sereena, glad you liked it. :) Rudi

[MsJewel]

Such wonderful wise words Rudi. I'm in awe of your talent. Another fantastic poem

:) Julie

[Rudi J.P. Lejaeghere]

Thanks, Julie, for passing by, reading and reviewing. :) rudi

[R Smith]

an excellent reminder to us, our work is worthwhile, we write to entertain and to release our thoughts, when we see the harvest of our labours in the fruits of praise, just remember to keep grounded not to become the next great celebrity, move on and plant the next crop of worth, great poem Rudi, I guess if I ever achieved fame from writing it would be the best for me to carry this poem in my heart and not lose my head but of course fame is unlikely so i'll hold on to your words......just in case :)

[Rudi J.P. Lejaeghere]

Very well said, Richard and thank you for your kind words. :) Rudi

[jacob erin-cilberto]

when you gather the best and sweetest words, they grow enchanted poems....but if we get vain as poets...the harvest will be ruined, and the words slain.

love this piece.

[Rudi J.P. Lejaeghere]

Thank you, Jacob, for your nice comment. Have a good day. :) Rudi

[Ana B.]

A beautiful , very deep poem. Love the message and the soft tone, beautiful work Rudi :)

[Rudi J.P. Lejaeghere]

Thank you AnaB, for reading and your nice remarks. :) Rudi

[Aatharva Banaitkar]

another great poem, i really like the concept the first 2 lines give the essense of the poem
"A good poem starts the same way as a young plant
his roots firmly burrowed in fertile grounds"
these lines are like golden nugget really awesome poem.

[Rudi J.P. Lejaeghere]

Thank you, Aatharva, it's a free translation of my Dutch Poem, a sonnet in Italian form(4-4-3-3). :) Rudi

[Aatharva Banaitkar]

but i didn't felt is was a transalation because the rhymes match so clearly that its just sounds like an original english poem

[Rudi J.P. Lejaeghere]

There's a lot of work in it, it has to rhyme, because it's a sonnet and the meaning and the feelings have to be as close to the original I've written in my native tongue, the Dutch language.