Surprise [2]
Surprise [2]
Some friends of ours decided to
make a little money on the side
and grow mushrooms. They covered
the garage floor with dirt, sprinkled
the spore over it, wet it down and
hoped for the best. But nothing,
absolutely nothing happened. After
a few months they shoveled out
the earth, spread it on the lawn,
cleaned the garage. After the first
warm June rain the lawn mushroomed
with mushrooms.
Publication Details
Original Citation
Christian Science Monitor, 13 Dec. 1977, p25
Word Count
69
Original Publication
Date Published
1977
Complete Poems
337
Variant
DIfferent poem with same name published in 1957.
Themes and Motifs
Theme(s)
Notes and Commentary
Ward conflates two different poems with the same name. Corrected in Complete.