Garden In The Bathtub Legacy: Revolutionary Family History Prose

There is an old family history story that my Grandma Bertha Geerdts Kuhns used to tell me about her father’s mother, a little old immigrant German lady who lived in Sheboygan Wisconsin at the turn of the century. My Grandma Bertha said that this woman (Maria Vogt or Weidt Geerdts) had chicken coops, a garden, but what Grandma Bertha most remembered about Maria Geerdts’ house in Sheboygan is that her large clawfoot bathtub was never used for bathing.

Instead, it was always full of garden plants.

Sometimes I wonder if my great-great Granny Geerdts is looking down on my giant jetted bathtub …
and smiling.

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They’re Here! Purple Martins Return: Revolutionary ImproVerse Haiku

I dreamed they were here,/
and I yelled: “They are here!” And/
now, at last, they’re here!
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Wisconsin Blizzard Tomatoes: Revolutionary ImproVerse Haiku

Just in my home state/
would I buy potted veggie/
plants in a blizzard.

Thawing Sunrise: Revolutionary Blogging Haiku

Not all amazing/
sunrises have to be red./
Thawing mists bring hope.

Wisconsin Corn Field Blues: Revolutionary ImproVerse Haiku

You’re living well when/
you discover blues in the/
middle of corn fields.

Wisconsin Is Good Medicine: Revolutionary Napkin Haiku

My mother started/
to shrink at Stonehenge, but then/
moved to Wisconsin.

Proud Cheesehead Wearer: Revolutionary ImproVerse Haiku

It’s always more fun/
to wear my Cheesehead proudly/
after a great game.

January Wisconsin Stubble: Revolutionary ImproVerse Haiku

News Report: Temperatures in Northeast Wisconsin were expected to only reach -6 degrees, with wind chills of -25 degrees or less.
To some, it’s just a /
scruffy beard. Cheeseheads know: It’s/
frostbite protection.

What A Badger Trucker! Revolutionary ImproVerse Free Verse Poem

I saw a Badger trucker/
rolling north /
through the snowcapped mountains.

Top down,
I pointed to my “G for Greatness” /
Packer bumper sticker, /
and flashed him a “W”
Wisconsin sign.

With his mighty horn,
he blasted “On, Wisconsin!”
Two Cheeseheads,/
on the freeway,/
connected./

I hope /
he knows /
he made my morning 🙂

World-Class Recyler: Revolutionary ImproVerse Haikus

World-Class Recyler

Her kitchen isn’t/
cluttered. She’s just a world-class/
plastic recycler.

AND

… And Wear Your Cheesehead!

Do you want to clean/
your hoarder friend’s kitchen? Wait/
for da Badgers game.