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    Flowers And Plants In Verse
    Flowers And Plants In Verse
    Flowers And Plants In Verse
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    Flowers And Plants In Verse

    By Caroline Doyle

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    30 poems about flowers, plants and trees. Those that you will find in the garden, or the woodland.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCaroline Doyle
    Release dateFeb 25, 2012
    ISBN9781466012264
    Flowers And Plants In Verse
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    Caroline Doyle

    I am 53 years old and live in Chirk, N. Wales I am a new writer. What I write comes from a lifetimes experience. I write fiction as well as non fiction. My ebooks are all available here and the two in paperback, 'the clinging vines' and 'The Oculate Conspiracy' are available from all major online retailers.

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      Flowers And Plants In Verse - Caroline Doyle

      Flowers and Plants

      In Verse

      2012 © Caroline Doyle

      Published by Rainbow Publishing

      Smashwords Edition

      overtherainbow.org.uk

      The Daffodil

      Blowing gently in the breeze,

      Back and forth with so much ease,

      Up and down the country lane,

      The black surface you do frame,

      With your yellow trumpet head,

      There are so many of you in each bed,

      You are certainly a sign of spring,

      As the sunshine you do bring,

      As a flower you’re gone too soon,

      You disappear with your golden bloom,

      But we know you'll be back next year,

      Your disappearance we don't fear,

      When you are gone it'll be summertime,

      Then there will be no more icy rime.

      The Daisy

      The daisy must be a favourite flower,

      As it grows in

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