earth’s richest
black prairie sod
iowa: “beautiful land”
created by God
claimed by man
wrested from dakota hand
busted, homesteaded,
settled, plowed and
tightly fenced now
as livestock farmers
raise calves from cows
how long sustainable?
dust bowl-like shroud
wind so untamable
we’re losing ground!
*Title from a favorite Bob Dylan song…he recently received a Nobel Peace Prize. (One good thing about a wet fall this year is less dirt in the air.)
a poem in my pocket 
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