Best Rooting Poems

Swallowing soil's nutrients, they swell up under earth -

round or tubular vegetables of edible wholesome delight!

Carrots, beets and onions steadily fuel the body,

but yams, potatoes...

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My sister

For years I hoped my feet grew roots;
My toes would find themselves deep earthy rock...
My sister wrapped herself around my tiny loneliness,
Offering a permanent...

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“Not enjoyment, and not sorrow;
  Is our destined end or way;
  But to act, that each to-morrow
  Find us farther than today.”
A...

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When I was a child,
summer at my Aunt Joanne’s
meant staying out as late as it took the sun to set!
And mostly with my cousin Chris,
I...

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She curled up with me on the bed, and laughed insanely
I looked at her in marvel, wondering what on earth had gotten into her
“Why are...

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love,
gently rustles silver leaves
gliding through open windows
a golden summers evening
               love,
like...

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I am not sorry for my brown skin , a magical mix of honey , gold , and the perfect hue of melanin 

 I...

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Flower power

“If you’re going to
San Francisco be sure to
wear a flower 
in your hair”
long and shaggy
shagged longing wild

And to Berlin or
Paris for that 
matter to...

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SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

There’s a player up there
                   ...

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Winter's Rose

white frost streaks her hair
smooth ice-sculpture skin of youth
     stroked by cracks
        ...

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The day you were born was my euphoric high
When everything changed hearing your first cry
As hearts synchronized in embrace with a sigh
And every breathe of...

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INCESSANT SUMMER RAIN

In morbid humid summer heat I feign, easily drain
Prospecting for a cool, crisp meandering breeze
Conceivably, nature might spill a gentle "summer rain" 
A...

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"I start my day with wonder to go yonder." 
               ...

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She bathes my soul within her
Sanguine waters ardently
Inundating my senses whole
I become upon her embrace
We become one spirit aloof
Within both light and darkness
Depraving sharp hunting...

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I read about a person
Who, within a city park,
Attacked a woman and her dog
At 6 a.m. (still dark).

He was rooting through the garbage,
Yelling crazily, before
Tossing...

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