Words and weeds

Why is it that seeds I plant never sprout and grow the same way weeds do? They’ve sprung up since our last few rains, and the yard is now lush with their greenery. Yesterday I went out and murdered some weeds to keep the foxtails and other burrs from developing and spreading even more. I barely made a difference. I thought how my words sometimes grow the way weeds do, with wild abandon, and then have to be trimmed, uprooted, rearranged, or killed on the page, so the flowers can show through, get their piece of sunlight, and be seen by anyone but me. Sometimes both Mother Nature and I are too creative.

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— Barbara @ 11:53 am PST, 03/07/07

7 Comments

antonella » Words and weeds says:

March 7, 2007 at 1:55 pm

[...] Original post by Barbara [...]
Eric Mayer says:

March 7, 2007 at 4:17 pm

Yes indeed. One of the toughest things to learn when gardening is to thin, that when seeds sprout, most of the dear little plants have to be yanked out by the roots to leave room for the others. I guess writing is similar in that you need to pull out a lot of the words.
cassie-b says:

March 8, 2007 at 8:15 am

At the moment, I’d welcome even weeds. Bet I won’t be saying that in about a month.

Have a nice day.

Cas
Bruce says:

March 8, 2007 at 9:01 am

Lovely description… of a process that, at the moment, I know all too well. Weeds, weeds, weeds! Where do they come from?

The process of weeding often seems endless. But it’s worth it, I guess, so that, as you say, “the flowers can show through.”
violetismycolor says:

March 13, 2007 at 5:53 pm

Weeds are native plants, and what we plant are usually foreigners�hence, they don�t grow as well. I, too, have been fighting the weed battle�I will persevere!
Alyce says:

March 24, 2007 at 12:11 pm

This is from your cousin, Alyce. Enjoyed your weed comments- very profound-and hope you are coming to the family reunion. Love, A
Barbara says:

March 24, 2007 at 7:52 pm

Oh thanks, Alyce. I hope to.