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Autumn

10/20/2014

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Autumn is like an old book:
Marred spines turn mean yellow,
staples rust red-orange.

Every stained page is stressed
by a splat of color. Rough-red,
like an old tavern,

we become hungry birds
and prepare for fall.
Shape and shadow are candied citron

as lanterns turn bitter yellow. Autumn
is a red fox, a goblet filled with dark wine,
a hot chilli pepper with smoky eyes.

Pressed leaves take in the colors
of seafood paella and saffron; these leaves
are like death, climaxing with a smile.

Autumn: Her dress is a net of mussels;
dark shelled, it covers up
summer’s weatherbeaten body.

So pull out your boots
and stand on an aged, wood floor
like an evergreen.
                                    Mary Hamrick : "Autumn"


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Chinese Fountain Grass

10/22/2013

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Some grasses need to be called ornamental if they want to be noticed as though it was not enough for them to look the way they look and be decorative. I am sure that my observation reflects the quite harsh reality almost all grasses have to experience: being a grass is not sufficient to be satisfactory. Of course, there are exceptions and a lot of people like grasses but that appreciation requires preliminary good will and effort:  to place structure and texture before colour( which is almost always green), and that is not easy.  However, the moment you reshape your expectations a little, you will see a wonderfully subtle world of straight lines and wavy curves, all dressed in various kinds of green tones and undertones  (sometimes other paints as well) and fascinating intricate inflorescences. How about a short encounter with Pennisetum alopecuroides, a very uncommon grass commonly known as Chinese fountain grass? I am sure it can reshape and enrich all your expectations. Let us start!

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