If
you
reach out
and find what
you’re looking
for….
you
are
very
blessed indeed…
Whereas
I reached out
grasping the nettle,
masquerading
as
a
weed.
LadyP© 2011
Penpusher by Pen
LadyP (aka Pen),mixed-up some might say, as she views the World her slanted way, prithee welcome, sit, take a pew, she hopes her thoughts will interest you.
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● Poems 'n Stuff ● 
Short but straight to the point Pen
You must have picked some roses without touching the thorns Princess
May your garden be filled with flowers that give the most sweetest scent for you alone
Ian
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I love playing about with short ones Ian, poems-wise,…. 😉 … I do try and keep away from the rose thorns, but sometimes I act before thinking, I have a Pyrancatha shrub which has grown massive and it takes revenge when I try to trim it… Many thanks for the sweet wishes my friend, very much appreciated, and reciprocated. xx
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Ugh. Maybe not reach out or grasp? ! Just teasing. A great poem, well said truth.
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glad you enjoyed it Noeleen, and mayhap look first then grasp? 🙂
many thanks for your comment on this nettle musing… xx
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Someone like the author of this poem
would deserve to have all her dreams
and more… come true
That’s always been my wish for you Pen
Gary xox
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thank you Gary, your wish is reciprocated, very much so… I hope any nettles you find have lost their sting my friend. xx
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May all you look and hope for be at your reach, without thorns, thistle of trickery.
A love straight to the point write, Lady Pen!!
xx
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My Thanks Deb, I wish you the same my lovely friend. and glad you enjoyed this short ode, to the stinging and painful Nettle, always best to have dock leaves handy…(as I found to my cost during childhood) … xx
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You said it very nicely with a few short words. Great job Pen!
xoxox
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Thank you Beth, sometimes I love to keep it short and sweet. ….. The nettle is a powerful reminder to take extra care when gardening. xx
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Yes I once fell into a whole tribe of nettles Lady Pen 🙂 lol
You know, I really like your poem as it flows with great ease and gives a word of warning… “Watch out there’s a nettle about” 🙂 😉 lol
Have a lovely rest of day
and a wicked evening Lady Pen 🙂
Androgoth XXx
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Ouch!! Ouch!! and a further Ouch, Andro, one Nettle is bad enough but to fall into a patch of them… I do hope you found dock leaves nearby?… Pleased you enjoyed this ode my dark friend, it says so much without really trying. I suppose. … My evening plans are for rest and relaxation, and opening a bottle of red…Parkers off out on his Motorbike, mayhap you’ll hear the sound of the engine as it roars past, .his mufflers a bit old and knackered, much like the owner methinks.. 😉
Have a good one Oh Dark Lord of the Prose….. xx
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Yes well if he roars past the graveyard I will stick out a large spike, you never know it might just hit the target? 🙂 lol By the way it is very nice to see you in your new profile picture, and it is about time too where have you been hiding all this time Lady Pen? 🙂
Have a very relaxing evening drinking a few glasses of chilled wine, and as it is the Red stuff do watch out for any of those wayward Vampires as they always like a bit… of the Red 🙂 😉 lol
Androgoth XXx
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Now that might work. Andro, giving Parker that short. ( mayhap long) sharp shock he needs to be more considerate whilst charging about on his bike….and thank you for noticing my profile piccie, It’s one off my mobile, I still haven’t gotten round (My diction is getting rather slack methinks 😉 ) to buying a new camera…. it seems once I tighten my belt and think “wait ’til next month” it becomes second nature to not buy a thing without a pang of conscience. … Cheers to you oh Dark One. xx
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Very good Pen! 🙂
Death where is thy sting? LoL!!!
Love and hugs!
Prenin.
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oh yes Indeed Sir Prenin, stingingly right on the button,… have a great Thursday my friend. xx
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Too bad little nettle weed wasn’t that other kind of weed … by the way greetings to Fyrespike and the growing family. Love and purrrs, cat.
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Fyrespike says Hi to you Cat, he’s chomping at the bit (not weed) to finish his latest adventure… Keeps trying to fire up my enthusiasm, and scorch marks are flipping everywhere. 😉 …. purrs and hugs to you my lovely friend. xx
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i hope you only pick roses without thorns pen sweet like you hope your weeks going well enjoy the red wine dont do what i did all you will be shouting heuy down the big white teapot yuk loved the grave yard this morning its very peaceful up there on the clifftop as long as you dont imagine dracula flitting about looking for meena xxjen
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Thank you sweet Jen, and I only had a glass or two, I find during the week it tends to become too much of a temptation to drink the whole bottle, so I lock it away and hide the key… I hope you’ve recovered ok, and that Graveyard looked fantastic, and I bet it’s hard not to let your imagination fly in such a great setting. xx
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Grip, without remorse, the thorns
Do not fear the prick of pain
Only from the labor are we born
Only in our failures can we gain
Great work pen! Thanks for posting!
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my thanks to you for the painful truth of your rhyming comment, vampireweather, a pained lesson is not easily forgotten. … xx
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Just calling in during my lunch break
to say that your new profile pic is lovely x
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’tis one captured on my mobile Gary, I thought it’d do for a change… So pleased you like it… xx
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Hi Pen,
It seems I am grabbing all nettles lately.
I like this poem.
Peace
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HI Vickie, great to see you again after so long away, I hope life is going to trim the nettles for you from now on… xx
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Hi Pen, I have missed you and your poems! You sound like me always reaching out in the dark and and grasping the nasties!! Stepping over the puddle only to slip on the dog shit! Ha!! Nothing lasts forever ;o)
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Great to catch up with you Willow, and loved reading your blog about your holiday in Tuscany… many thanks for dropping by and for your lovely comment and compliment. xx
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Ouch indeed, Pen! It always helps to know what it is you are looking for, I find, but sometimes the odd nettle gets caught up in the handful. Never mind, though. I noticed that you have mentioned your Pyracantha again – is it still playing up after all this time?
While I’m commenting, I hope you don’t mind if I nominate you for the Versatile Blogger award. I love reading your poems, posts, stories and comments, and think this award is in order! There are a few rules, which are in this post here but I think we can be flexible with them!
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the Pyracantha is still a veritable giant of a …beast… Sir Aquatom, and I must cut it down to size, trouble is it fights back… oh so viciously… The spikes on it are horrendous… Many thanks for the Award, my friend, I’ve done an update covering it and one thinkest that one hast been very flexible, ( very flexible) indeed. .. 😀 … xx
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Hi Pen, [one day I’ll be first to reply] nice short sharp , get the pun, post. My prickly demon is blackberry, every time I go blackberry picking I get a thorn or two in my fingers, I wonder if it adds flavour to the jam. 😉 Love you my friend. X
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No Blackberry bushes in my garden Arlene, but the Pyracantha is festooned with red berries…I wonder if…??? Nah!! It’d eat me alive before I managed to pick any. hugs ‘n’ woofs to you, Tango and Ruby… xPenx
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Another lovely poem Lady P…
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my thanks Lady Jude for reading the little ode… to Nettles.. xx
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Short but precise Pen lots of prickly things in my garden I must say, thorns and brambles doth rule . But at least I haven’t got a prickly neighbour. LOL Hope you are having a lovely day in the sunshine , enjoy while it’s here . Hugs Sheila and Wile-e 🙂 xx
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Prickles all the way Sheila, veerything doth rule in my garden, and I thought the gardener was in charge….(no hope) … 😉 … fantastic weather here too, and it’s forecast to be 30degress tomorrow… Yikes!!! … Keep cool you and Wile-e… hugs …xPenx
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I know what you mean about the nettles. But sometimes they have beautiful pink blossoms, and the gold finches like their seeds. Good things in due course? I also like your new gravatar. It’s fun to get a glimpse of the real (?) Pen.
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I shall concede defeat this time Monica, 😀 some things are good underneath, but the sting remains as a painful reminder to be careful.. and glad you like the dark profile piccie, it feels right, up to the minute me with a side long look at life in the darkness. 😀 …xx
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just a short walk in the darkness
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I shall carry this to light our way Monica…
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