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Rooting For 8 To 5

We mine the soils with our wooden picks cutting slower than any human eye can see digging for ancient minerals in pockets of water to send above through a vascular cambium highway we won't rest again until dormancy or death Contest: rooting for 8 to 5 Sponsor: nette onclaud Jan. 3/2017

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Andrea Dietrich

Date: 1/10/2017 4:01:00 PM

Cool poem, Jeff, thinking outside the box. Congrats for your win.

Jeff Davies
Date: 1/10/2017 7:45:00 PM

Thanks for reading,Andrea and for the comment

Nette Onclaud

Date: 1/9/2017 2:17:00 PM

forceful write worthy of a win, jeff... congrats and thanks for participating..huggs

Jeff Davies
Date: 1/9/2017 7:37:00 PM

Thanks, nette, for the placement in your contest and for the unique idea for a poem. Jeff

Darren White

Date: 1/4/2017 3:36:00 AM

This one I love, it's so powerful and so true. And deep too, I had to think here....

Jeff Davies
Date: 1/4/2017 9:07:00 AM

Thanks, Darren. I really enjoyed writing this one, I really didn't know where it would end up.