PoetryPix
depictions by the rule of thirds; descriptions mostly freestyle words
Top Soil
“All the breath and the bloom of the year in the bag of one bee:
All the wonder and wealth of the mine in the heart of one gem:”*
Soil is
toil is earth
and garden path
miniscule minerals
dispatched to flower
patches of veg bound
round orderly borders
fork pricked
worm holed
shell holes
hell hole dug out
ditch and moat
sodden muddy crud
rudimentary bog
soil is
toilet is earth
closet of germs
seed germinator
grave robber
blood and bonemeal
grit for mill wheel
ground breakage
rusting reef of age
top-sheeted rock bottom
summum bonum*
*Opening quote from Browning’s: “Summum bonum” Latin tr: the greatest good.
Some crumbs of poetry for Bjorn’s Soil Poetics and a tardy entry for the imaginary garden’s Tuesday Platform
35 Comments on “Top Soil”
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Very clever! It reminds me of the rock tumbler I bought my daughter for Christmas one year, the way you roll the words out – lovely!
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thank you – I like the sounds it makes!
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This does make a nice sound. I also like the feeling it gives of digging. With each line, you find a new treasure.
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lovely comment from your colourful pen – thank you
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That is a lot of different perspectives on soil. It is good to see things in multiple ways.
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Word associations viewed through a multiplex lens
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All the different things that soil is and does is nothing short of awe-inspiring.
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Felt inspired by this prompt
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Yes.. this is a very nice list of all what soil is… love the contrasts and opposites too.
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SO ILlimitable your prompt
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Love that summation… the greatest good. Really nice.
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Thank you Marian – had to finish on a climatic summation and Latin had it!
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This is a bit like a collection of snapshots in a photo album–good images.
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Nice idea Victoria
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love the rhythm of this…rolls off the tongue…curious…grit or grist for the mill?
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The rhythm came almost instantly but keeping it drumming was not so easy! Grist/grit is whatever to be ground – USAuse grit and grist sounds too much like a mouthful of it
http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/grist-to-the-mill.html
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In whisky making they call it grist.
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rhymes better with its after effects- p*ss*d
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And so it…earth’s treasures – from flowers to bonemeal ~
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All life is there
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Love the association with the word “soil”. And the nice flow of the structure and sound in this piece. Well captured!
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Glad you used the word structure because that is a key element of soil
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thx for this wonderful idea to write about soil – the place where we all go [that came to my mind]….
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It was Björn’s theme – see above – and has so many connotation that built up here so thank you
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yes, i visited his site too….
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I love the way key words lead into /change into others.
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thank you Rosemary – a case of digging up soil sounds as well as synonyms 🙂
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Wonderfully descriptive phrases!
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thank you for that 🙂
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Such lovely contrasts here!❤️
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❤
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Love the rapid fire “slam” rhythm of this, Laura! It certainly holds one captive! wELL DONE!
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Great comment Walt – much appreciated
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Great stuff, I must come here more often, and the pink post was hilarious – but for some reason the comments section didn’t show up on that page. No matter, Here we are. And thanks.
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How strange – with your name it can’t be because you’re colour blind! Comments don’t show on front page – annoying & will see if there’s a fix for that. Thank you for looking further to comment – do come back 🙂
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