Berry Land
-- To my twins’ annual birthday
Santa Claus’ country
Arctic Fairy land
In its short summer, bright sunshine
Shining day and night
The light, turns
white snow to wildflowers
The land - A Berry Land.
How many Berries are there?
Only the Santa knows
But you don't count them
with little fingers
As you wonder the night stars
Let's hum a song together
See if you can follow.
May you know strawberry?
Daily in salad bowl
Raspberry and Blackberry
Dye the lips blue
Cranberry and Blueberry
On the bushes do they grow
Bushes high and low.
Here comes a teddy bear
Kinnikinnick he is munching
On the tundra land
Buffalo has Buffalo Berry
Deer has Deer-berry
Moose has Moose Berry
Bear has Bearberry
Salmon has Salmon's Berry
Snake has Snake Berry
It's a Bane-berry
Goose has Gooseberry
Partridge has Partridge Berry
Ptarmigan's Ptarmigan Berry
Crow's Crowberry
How many colors are there?
Count White, Snowberry
Count Silver, Silverberry
Count Black, Currant Berry
Count Red, Elderberry
Count Orange, Dogberry
Count Yellow, Cloudberry
Count Blue, Bilberry
Count Violet, Junipers
Pumpkin has Pumpkin Berry
Moss has Moss-berry
Drinking Watermelon Berry
Climbing trees for Huckleberry
and Pinked Mulberry
Don't hurry to eat them
You have to get the proof
from Solomon's Seal
But not from his False Seal
Not the Devil’s Club
Not the ground Bunch Berry
Not the Wile Calla
Coming together all the berries
Wash hands with Soapberry
Laughing face from Laughing Berry
Thimble the Thimbleberry
Service the Service Berry
Wine Wine-berry, Meal Meal-berry
For my fair Twinberry!
How many berries are here?
How many have you got?
Don't worry about name, number
Don't worry about color
There is a sacred-land called Alaska
We'll pick all the berries there
while grown up you are.
2004/01/14
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有一段时间没写英文诗,愈读手愈生。好坏还是把这一首阿拉斯加的
诗拿出来了,对自己作一个交待,也给坛中喜欢植物,喜欢旅游并喜
欢各种名词名称的人。
写浆果,用中文简直无法进行,因为植物名词太不成熟,浆果尤混乱
不堪,更不谈诗意了。涂此笔实出于不得已,加上坛中高手太多,这
里只以儿歌形式直笔而书,不想有太多谬误!
- Happy birthday to twin babies! Good wishes for themposted on 01/14/2004
- Thank you !posted on 01/15/2004
Really ... - posted on 08/07/2007
还记得你写的 Berry Land ! 到处都是! 西瓜berry 尝起来真是很象西瓜的味道!
有一种浆果不能吃: baneberry -- 2 颗就可以 kill a child!
夏天的阿拉斯加真是神奇, 虽说仅有 100 天的时间花开花谢!
baneberry, a Poisonous Plant
Baneberry , Acraea rubra, a member of the buttercup family, is aptly named. "Bane" is derived from an Anglo-Saxon word meaning "murderous." All parts of the plant are toxic. Ingesting one berry can cause numbness in the mouth and tongue. The poison in three berries is enough to kill a child. Six berries will effectively shut down the respiratory system in adults. The best rule to follow if you are sampling wild plants: If you aren't sure what it is, don't eat it.
http://www.nps.gov/glba/planyourvisit/safety.htm
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