A garden walled in rose red brick. <br />Which traps the sun and holds the heat <br />our forbears did not miss a trick. <br />Few modern gardens can compete. <br /> <br />Fruit trees espaliered to the walls <br /> and cultivated carefully <br />The garden echoed to the calls <br />of children playing happily. <br /> <br />And so it was for centuries. <br />But family fortunes rise and fall. <br /> We must endure what fare decrees <br /> we have no choice no choice at all. <br /> <br />The garden fell into neglect <br />with weeds self seeding where they chose. <br />There’s little else you could expect. <br />As any good gardener knows. <br /> <br />. <br />The garden now belongs to me. <br />I have the means I have the will. <br />I will restore it perfectly <br />I can employ the men with skill. <br /> <br /> To do all that needs to be done <br />a task that I will supervise. <br />It is too much for me alone <br /> So I must listen to advice. <br /> <br />I will create a paradise <br />concealed within the rose red walls. <br />That is well ordered and precise. <br />The man who pays the piper calls <br /> <br />the tune.I can afford to pay <br />and what I seek is harmony. <br />A formal garden which today <br />is something of a rarity. <br /> <br />A cherished dream I can make true <br />Restore it as it used to be. <br />It’s something which I have to do. <br />In my ancestors memory. <br /> <br />My great grand father twice removed <br />created it originally <br /> I am convinced it was well loved <br /> by him and all his family. <br /> <br />This garden will be loved again <br />when restoration is complete. <br />My work will not have been in vain <br />I complement I don’t compete. <br /> <br />I followed carefully the plan <br />of how grandfather laid it out. <br /> A monument to the old man <br />He would approve I have no doubt.. <br /> <br />28-Feb-09 <br />http: // blog.myspace.com/poeticpiers<br /><br />ivor or ivor.e hogg<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-monumental-task-for-my-grandaughter-chitra/
