IF THE GARDEN WERE NOT A REPUBLIC…. 1993.

Little Sparta: Wild Hawthorn Press, 1993
11.5 x 10.4cm, 4pp card with a painting of a watering can by Mark Stewart with the two line poem:
“If the garden were not a republic
the watering can would be king.”
The watering can is an important part of any gardener’s equipment and the poem notes its essential role but also refers to the 10th day of August when the Terror ended with the downfall of Robespierre and eventually the return of the monarchy (admittedly after Napoleon). VG+.