Another game of magnetic poetry online describing a dead tree standing in neighbor’s ditch; stripped bare of bark, stark white silhouette…
stark silhouette
29 May 2019 20 Comments
in magnetic, Uncategorized Tags: dirt, green, naked, peace, silhouette, tree
man of the land
31 Aug 2018 6 Comments
in quadrille Tags: bales, calves, dirt, earth, land, soil, weather
salt of the earth
faithful steward of the soil
guardian of God’s garden
patiently waits for harvest
impatiently wrestles with weather
muscular and tanned from
carrying wet calves
throwing dry bales
created from dust with
dirt under his fingernails
…to dust someday must return
A quadrille of 44 words on the theme of “earth”.
dirt is to dig
30 Apr 2018 6 Comments
in rhyming verse, triolet Tags: bees, birds, dig, dirt, earthworms, garden, spring
it’s spring! i need to dig in dirt
worm’s work brings happiness
while birds and bees MAY flirt
oh spring! i need to dig in dirt
even if knees might hurt and
fingernails witness a mess
let’s sing! i need to dig in dirt
worm’s work brings happiness
Yes, I like to dig in the dirt. Worms make me happy because they enrich the soil. Everyone should have a little plot of land or a pot of dirt to dig in. Gardening is an elemental activity, part of our DNA code; our calling to work the ground and take care of the earth. Photo taken by me with one hand, holding favorite garden trowel with other 🙂
man of the soil
11 May 2017 5 Comments
in rhyming verse Tags: crops, dirt, farmer, sod, sweat, toil
formed of elements
found in dirt
humble dust
on torn tee shirt
patient farmer
works fertile soil
all year harvesting
hope for toil
plant every spring,
gather in fall
watch crops grow
green, all stand tall
by sweat of brow
coax life from sod
till soul returns
to soil’s God.
We’re playing in the dirt with Bjorn for dVerse poetics this week…
don’t taste the slush
23 Jan 2015 19 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: dirt, drips, snow, sun, thaw
gutter drips
january thaw
snow piles are shrinking away
sun warms bare branches of naked trees
dirt exposed
_______
Like cinquain: 5 lines, but “oddly”modified syllable pattern (see previous post).
Linking to Tony’s “meeting the bar” challenge at d’VersePoets!
a piece of land
16 May 2014 17 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: dirt, heartland, loam, soil
I.
Look across heartland’s dry
acres of
dirt.
II.
Precious prairie humus
treasured black
loam.
III.
Heavy downpour cuts land,
stealing rich
soil.
_________
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 
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