shallow creeper 
blindly seeks 
subterranean passage
horizontal
push and ******
fingered shoots
in compliant ground 

purple sword
arcs skyward
a deception
yet to unfurl
gold to conceal
the tangle
underneath

perennation
in unfavorable 
seasons
propagates
subversive
perpetual
regeneration

denel-kessler

Bamboo

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removed.-sj2e

A great comparison like many of us what you see is pretty but the insides are all tangled.

lazhar-bouazzi

se-reimer

oldpoetMK

Love this Denel...It unraveled for me in a number if ways..It goes deep with many possibilities ...Fantastic piece!!

elizabeth-balise

Sounds like Japanese knotweed, a thief of a plant that fits that last stanza perfectly.

jeff-stier

I've spent years of my life trying to tame that grassy beast. &#128526;

GaryL

david-adamson

I had to look up "perennation."  Wonderful word, and so apt in this poem.

mary-winslow

Bamboo does run everywhere! Fingered shoots in compliant ground - beautiful poem!

valsa-george

Though bamboo is all tangling and it grows messy, I love the bamboo plant . Enjoyed your poem on it Denel !

david-ehrgott

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