"It's verdure trails
The Ivy shoot
Along the ground
From root to root;
Or climbing high
With random maze
O'er elm and ash and elder strays,
And round each trunk
A net-work weaves,
Fantastic and each bough with leaves
Of countless shapes, entwines and studs
With pale green blooms
And half formed buds"
~ extract from a poem by Bishop Richard Mant,1776 -1848
Ohhh - hope it's not your comments problem again as this is a second attempt.....
ReplyDeleteI have not come across this before, Anna - but what an appropriate description. I love ivy in all its forms :)
Oh no Cathy - I wish that it was in my ability to sort the comments problems out. Thanks for trying again :)
DeleteWhat lovely words! I have a love-hate relationship with ivy. It is beautiful, but I had to remove so much when we first moved here!
ReplyDeleteOh I know just what you mean about that love/hate relationship with ivy Cathy :)
DeleteA beautiful poem and image - I love the way the colour of the wall harmonizes the stems of the ivy.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comment Annette - yes it's an attractive colour combination although it's actually a tree underneath the ivy :)
DeleteWhat a lovely poem. I've got ivy creeping under the fence from next door, it certainly does shoot along the ground, and it manages to get through any little crack.
ReplyDeleteThanks Jo. I think that ivies will creep through the smallest of crevices - they are definitely survivors.
DeleteA lovely poem and tribute to a fab evergreen climber (that can get naughty if left unchecked...)!
ReplyDeleteDon't I know it guys! :)
ReplyDeleteDespite having hauled out enormous armfuls of ivy ramaging through the borders here as "ground cover" it is one of my favourite plants, particularly once it is mature and flowering.
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