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Poem about weeds

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SOT3 · 17/06/2021 12:16

This is about a poem rather than a book but I couldn't think of where to post.

Years ago at school we were read a poem about the strength and tenacity of weeds which has always stayed with me. In adult life I have tried to google it many times to try to find it but it must not have 'Weed' in the title of the poem as I can't find it.

I just wondered if anyone has come accross this poem and could help me find it please?

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upinaballoon · 17/06/2021 16:15

U.A.Fanthorpe wrote one called "Under the Motorway". It's about the seeds that make the weeds. Possible?

upinaballoon · 17/06/2021 19:11

Last verse of "Under the Motorway" :-

On viaduct, bypass, clearway, trunk,
Mercedes, Minis turn to junk.
But Love-in-a-Mist and Love-lies-Bleeding--
They're on our side, and they're succeeding.
Rolls Royce and Volvo, their day is done,
But Charlock and Dandelion blaze in the sun.

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