WE are going out to fix the garden
dormant ground for years
overgrown weed trees &
shrubs now tree tall
it is a miracle anything survived
in thick Texas soil
parched & cracked in summer’s
ninety degrees & climbing
our sweat pours out
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dVerse prompt to write a quadrille with the word fix.
MEMORIES of cotton picking days
picked along with men and women
all over the South
people of all colors
fourteen footer dragged behind
filled with cotton
picked from each boll
start when you’re old enough
to hold a sack
sang in harmony
as we picked
infant scooting behind
too small to pick
“cotton on the roadside
cotton in the ditch
we all picked cotton
but we never got rich”
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photo from SMU Degolyer Library
Shall we go?
One will shovel
One will hoe
Feel the dirt
Between our toes
Work until sunlight goes
Shall we go?
Shall we go?
Turn the soil
Don’t say no
Need to ready
Soil is what we know
Make plants want to grow
Shall we go?
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NaPoWriMo prompt on an inspiration from music. This is a spring song for entering into the ground breaking work of gardening.
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