At the Bottom of my Garden
Have you seen Black Eyed Susie?
Her bear’s breeches are fastened
With bachelor’s buttons.
Wrapped in a blanket flower,
She carries an umbrella plant
To keep her old man’s beard dry.
Have you met Busy Lizzie?
She wears foxgloves and a lady’s mantle
And carries a fairy lantern.
She drinks from a buttercup
As she climbs Jacob’s ladder
With her angel’s fishing rod.
Have you heard the Snap Dragon
Breathe fire with his hound’s tongue
Listening with his cat’s ears?
In his lobster claws
He carries blue bottles and bear grass
And cries baby’s tears.
Her bear’s breeches are fastened
With bachelor’s buttons.
Wrapped in a blanket flower,
She carries an umbrella plant
To keep her old man’s beard dry.
Have you met Busy Lizzie?
She wears foxgloves and a lady’s mantle
And carries a fairy lantern.
She drinks from a buttercup
As she climbs Jacob’s ladder
With her angel’s fishing rod.
Have you heard the Snap Dragon
Breathe fire with his hound’s tongue
Listening with his cat’s ears?
In his lobster claws
He carries blue bottles and bear grass
And cries baby’s tears.
This poem is copyright (©) Morna Sullivan 2026
About the Writer
Morna Sullivan
Morna Sullivan has always had a love of stories and has been reading and writing stories and poems since she could read and write. She is a member of the Coney Island Writers Group and a SCWBI member regularly attending the Belfast chapter meetings. She has recently taken over as SCBWI Regional Advisor (Ireland) leading a team of volunteers supporting children’s writers and illustrators across Ireland.
