I once made little worlds with moss
The soft green cushions
Were the lush green grass
Of the hills
The little trees standing so tall and proud
(They do not know they are not tall at all)
Pushed the moss cushions into a biscuit tin lid
Arranged some pretty stones
(Well not pretty – just what you can find in a scruffy back garden)
Added water for a village pond
The moss keeps sucking it up!
Add more water
The moss drinks it down like a greedy sponge…
Annoying moss!
How much water can moss drink??
Moss would be useful in a flood.
Beg tinfoil to make a pond
It doesn’t look as nice or as natural
But you can save it from the thirsty moss
And a tiny, tiny twist of white paper floating
makes quite a good swan
There
My little Moss World
Explore it with your eyes
Like seeing a universe in a grain of sand
Eternity in an apple blossom
I saw a World in the back garden moss
When I didn’t know poetry
Beyond a spider and a spout.
A William Blake in my heart, no doubt.
Moss islands. The world made small.
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