Digging *NPAC nomination, February 2004*
DiggingMy fork penetrates the earthin search of that creeper.Two robins watch from the fencewaiting for worms.Skeins of gulls fly over,silver-bright in the evening sun,heading back to the lake.The...
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DavieI don't know how many times I had to do that.Rouge
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Poetry with earth on its hands - love it! Beautifully done Davie."A poem...begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness...It finds the thought and the thought finds...
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this made me smile, davie, as it evoked thoughts of warm summer evenings spent working in the garden. there is a certain sense of completion and tranquility in those times ... just as there is in your...
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Rouge, Valoe and Beth, I appreciate very much your kind comments!Valoe - many, many thanks for nominating this piece; I certainly didn't expect it.Beth - you're going to hate this, given the weather...
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It's the little things that make it all worthwhile...the simple pleasures...I like the simplicity of this...I've always loved the feeling of satisfaction that working in the garden brings...Every new...
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