A Narrative of Dirt
A Narrative of Dirt
1.
Narrative of dirt
there is beauty in the green
of trees as they bloom in spring
mossy lush ground cover
bees as they fly from flower
to flower, red ladybug
Magic in the mulch
in composted organics
returning our waste to earth
feeding its beauty
returning to the cycle
a complicated decay
Story of mixture
the dissolution of the old
breaking down of what we use
these handfuls of dirt
particles of what we were
with hope in what to become
Mineral mixture
organic material
microbes found dead or alive
our air and water
dynamic and important
soil as limited resource.
2.
An engineer sees
firm foundation to build
a place for infrastructure
a land for tract home
or additional freeway
parking garage of folk song
A diplomat sees
a territorial line
where a nation’s property ends
where our wars begin
drawing a line with a stick
in a never still soil
A scientist sees
surface full of minerals
layers of organic things
experiencing
biology and physics
a product of weathering
many horizons
combine into soil profile
each profile tells a story
narrative of dirt
different soils different stories
change with the climate of time.
3.
A difference is due
to the climate and landscape
is this ancient or unused
what microbes will grow
upon the earth underfoot
so many species of man
Container gardens
require less soil use
just enough to make your own
Peet Moss from the cliffs
a little of this and that
depends on red wheelbarrow
Embedded earth
a universal mixture
to start my keyhole garden
small plot in city
with Zucchini for neighbors
all from the dirt of our work
Narrative of dirt
each profile tells a story
of trees as they bloom in spring
many horizons
bees as they fly from flower
on a never still soil.
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