In the garden centre nursery, young raspberry plants long
to break free from pots, and run wild
in soil: sharpen up their thorns,
let their pale green leaves unfurl
and plump up ruby globes
fit to burst sweetly
on our tongues –
to be
sprung!
Kim M. Russell, 27th January 2020
My poem for dVerse Poets Pub Quadrille: Wild Monday
It’s my turn to host at the dVerse bar this week, where we are going wild and serving up Wild Turkey, Snow Goose and The Famous Grouse. I was inspired by my cup of cranberry and raspberry tea.
writing in north norfolk 
This is so delicious… though it feels so far away those wonderful berries now.
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Wild raspberries are really delicious.
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That’s exactly what I was thinking! I can almost taste those berries, but it seems so far away.
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A taste of what’s to come. 😉
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I like your use of the word ‘sprung’ and it’s connotations 🙂
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Thank you, Jane! 🙂
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Yum!
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Thanks Ken!
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Joyful pun at the end there, Kim! I think we all fancy running a little wild at the moment.
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We’ll be sprung and soon as spring arrives!
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Those wild rascals, I can see them doing just as you say. But oh my they are worth the trouble ❤
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Mmmmmm, sounds delicious! I love raspberries, and marionberries, and blackberries, and tayberries. Okay, now I’m hungry for berries but it’s not berry season yet. And the store-bought off-season berries just aren’t the same.
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Thanks Linda! I like to put berries in my granola and yogurt or porridge, so I buy them our of season. But you’re right, berries taste better when picked in season.
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I absolutely love how you tune into the raspberries’ longing. We need their point of view! Lovely poem.
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Thank you, Victoria!
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What a wonderful poem! I love all kinds of berries.
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Thank you, Linda. Me too!
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A succulently juicy poem, you made me taste them!
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Thank you, Kate!
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Delectable, Kim! I remember our Iowa gardens with the tangled branches of raspberries….and you’ve have to look beneath leaves to find the hidden ones that were most often the plumpest! YUM!
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I think that’s one of the many reasons I love cranberry and raspberry tea. Although I have found a new one, cranberry and blood orange.
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What a wild and delicious write! Yummy!
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Perfect!
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I like the thought of breaking free from pots and running wild.
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Thanks Frank.
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Oh yum! It sounds so juicy and delicious.
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Thank you!
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Makes my mouth water!
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I do love raspberries! This was a delicious poem to read.
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Oh, yes! I love those wild plants running free.
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Wild and sweet!
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My goodness that is one delicious quadrille, Kim! 💝 I can taste those ruby globes from here 😀
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Thank you, Sanaa!
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Coincidentally I was googling videos of wild raspberries last night! It’s part of my childhood. Rummaging through the forest to find these “ruby globes”, as you creatively put it! ❤
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interesting where your tea inspiration took you. Enjoyed writing to this prompt.
Have a good week Kim
much love…
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Thank you, Gillena! Much love to you…
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Raspberries do love to run wild and sharpen their thorns. What I thought would be a lovely border is a lot of work. Love your short poem and the reminder that the burst of sweetness is worth the work. I’m new to dVerse but I don’t know why.
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So pleased you found us, Yvonne!!
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A very juicy poem!! I can feel the taste.
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Thank you!
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Kim, you have aptly shown the spirit of the tastiest wild berry. (Domestic ones are good too, especially when they ‘retain’ their wild “roots!”)
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Thank you Amaya!
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I like the playful visual of young raspberry plants breaking free to run wild. It is winter here and fresh berries seem so far away. Thanks for hosting and for your inspiring prompt.
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Thank you, Ali!
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YUM! And I love their sassy moxy, too!
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Love the personification of the raspberry plant. I can truly imagine the happiness as they get their roots down in to the soil.
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Thanks Teresa.
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Love it when garden dezinens go wild!
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I would love wild raspberries in our garden. I make do with juicy blackberries!
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Yum! Sprung was a good touch.
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Thank you, Sara!
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