A little rain (or a lot) and some warmer weather in parts of Texas mean the ground has sprung back to life. This Typewriter Rodeo poem celebrates and investigates the human efforts to cultivate the earth.
Green Thumbs
the ground awakes
somehow the weeds do first
the bounty of mistakes
always reveal the work
we play along
toe the line
plot the earth
and with our hands
we create tomorrow
planting seeds
to reap a sight our mind had borrowed
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