I.
Look across heartland’s dry
acres of
dirt.
II.
Precious prairie humus
treasured black
loam.
III.
Heavy downpour cuts land,
stealing rich
soil.
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Link to d’Verse with Kelvin’s original “Tilus” form of 3 lines: 6, 3, 1 syllable each.
“Tilus” (tee-loo-hz) means “piece of land” (Finnish) so that’s where I went, naturally.
a poem in my pocket 
May 20, 2014 @ 01:42:26
You use this form so well. So sad! Thanks. k.
May 18, 2014 @ 13:02:50
This really gives a sense of a destitute landscape craving rain, but when it comes there’s always too much of it… Lovely!