Tag Archives: John Clare

Garden Notes number 20 “wouldn’t it be great if it were like this all the time”

Posted on May 17, 2020 by jonathan trustram

I look at the side of your face as the sunlight comesStreaming through the window in the autumn sunshineAnd all the time going to Coney Island I’m thinking,Wouldn’t it be great if it was like this all the time.    … Continue reading →

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Garden notes number ten, the itch to intervene, a few lines from John Clare, Adam in Eden, Haberlea rhodopensis and DH Lawrence

Posted on April 12, 2020 by jonathan trustram

I’m remembering the radical ecologist (see Garden notes number three) and his airy contempt for gardeners. But also a few lines from John Clare: Where last years leaves and weeds decay / March violets are in blow I’d rake the … Continue reading →

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I’ve been busy gardening

Posted on March 22, 2017 by jonathan trustram

John Clare: Where last years leaves and weeds decay March violets are in blow I’d rake the rubbish all away And give them room to grow My favourite poem on gardens and gardening.  He’s not even in a garden, but … Continue reading →

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