Seed Packet Poetry

This morning, as I was sorting through some of my seed packets, I had the idea that one could, if one wanted to, use various snippets from the descriptions on the seed packets to write poems.

This is a little bit like the book spine poetry I wrote about a few years ago, but instead of lining up book spines to use the titles to make poems, you grab your packets of seeds and pull out lines from the descriptions to create a poem.

Lines like…

“Round, deep red roots; tender and sweet,” which is on the back of a packet of Beet ‘Detroit Dark Red’ seed from Burpee, 1987.

Or

“Nothing smells more like summer,” which is on the back of a packet of seeds for dill from Lake Valley Seeds, 1988.

Or

“You should have a glorious display,” from a packet of wildflower seeds from Stokes Seeds, 1987.

While I took my lines from vintage packets—if the 1980s is vintage— today’s seed packets also feature descriptions that can be used.

Here’s my first quick poem:

Seed Packet Poetry #1

This may be my one and only poem using this method, but it was fun to do so who knows, there might be another one.

If you decide to try seed packet poetry, send me your poem or share it in the comments!