The soil’s the earth’s best mother by Jonathon Penny
by Patricia | 1.11.11
The soil’s the earth’s best mother;
Old songs its virile seed
Planted by wind and weather,
Each grown by craft and need.
The soil’s the earth’s best mother:
Each plant a green refrain
Written by a poet father,
And harvested again.
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Photo by Jonathon Penny.
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January 11th, 2011 at 7:50 pm
This is a lovely, compressed piece–itself like a seed.
January 11th, 2011 at 11:07 pm
A veritable Mormon Hopkins you are, Jonathon.
January 12th, 2011 at 1:50 am
Golly, George. I’ll take the compliment. Funny, because in the movie ‘Coach Carter,’ a student selects ‘Mormon’ from a list of choices identifying Hopkins’ affiliation . . . and is awarded the point.
Thanks, Patricia: the older I get, the shorter the poems. Less is very often more.