Earth Movers

[Eileen]

Earth Movers

Loosen the earth,
spade in hand.

Crack the dry dirt
to find richness beneath
in the form of cool, wet humus,
teeming with
worms and grubs

and in the form
of ancient bones
exquisitely lain,
each finger intact, unbroken.

Here are hands that once
held a spade also,
to garden, to make life spring
from that which has rotted
and decomposed,
devoured already by
the inhabitants of the soil.

[Serotonin]

I was thinking Carole King when I saw the title.

Give yourself a gold star. :)

[Star]

I could smell the damp earth. :cool:

reworded : because an English teacher might read this

[nBT]

nBT aplaudes with twinkling eyes
ohh nice

[Biff_Loman]

Nice.

The first thing I thought of when I read the title was large excavating equipment (male NT here), although I expected to read something more along the lines of earth-moving visionaries.

I like the "time defeats us all" theme.

[SensEye]

The first thing I thought of when I read the title was large excavating equipment (male NT here), although I expected to read something more along the lines of earth-moving visionaries.Hey! I'm an INTP male too and I thought it was going to be about orgasms. Imagine my disappointment.

[Biff_Loman]

You see, I have this excavator fetish. . .

[PonderBee]

Thank you. Very nice.

I am seeing the grubs. >must kill grubs!<