Hoeing Poems

Grandma is Sewing

...Grandma used to live in a boat, and she was sometimes rowing
But she got rid of grandpa, who now lives with a gardener who is hoeing.
Grandma is surrounded by thimbles, needles, and fat quarters sh...

she gardened herself happy

...Marta decided to garden herself happy
It was the thing she used to love to do
with her grandparents, Big Pappy
and her grandmother, Nora Sue.

They had spent many hours planting their seeds
Hoe...

raining in summer

...morning plans cancelled 
there will be no gardening 
to wet too muddy

the ground rejoices 
saved from tilling and hoeing 
by summer's rainstorm...

Gardening In Iowa

...I grew up in a small rural Iowa town
my parents were spawn of farmers
we had “farms” out in the country
we did not live on them but we planted them

our summers were spent hoeing, weeding, rakin...

Hoeing Stones

...Standing hoeing garden stones
Eyes awash with tears
As memories flood back from
More than sixty years,
To the little village churchyard
For which my dad cared
And which duty I, as a child,
So ...

Dog Gone Gardeners

...Dog gone gardeners so long in the tooth.
They are planting beans today along with old Ruth.
Their overalls are straight, their tails are a wagg’n.
By six o’clock tonight, they may both be dragg’n....

Cloud Cover

...I occasionally reach back to yesterday,                                                                                                                        not because I refuse to move on and forg...

Summer Thanksgiving

...Two bails of straw, an ornament, 
                                     in my front yard last fall
                                    Held a couple scarecrows, 
                                   ...

An Easy Life

...AN EASY LIFE

Knowing not a lot about
Growing things from seed, 
Sowing in the proper places,
Hoeing out the weeds

Sought alternative solutions,
Thought I’d scrap the flower...

Hilary a Corona Birthday

...Hilary A Corona Birthday
Gown, mask, gloves, only eyes showing,
Intent in her task as Hopkins nurse,
Covid 19 victims owing,
Their repair, escaping fate serious,
To Hill-Bill types not "Status Q...

Witch One and Witch Two

...Witch One had no mind of her own.
She followed Witch Two around doing whatever she did.
Witch Two tried to shake her, left her at home.
But she always came running up; she had lost her own id.

...

Love Not Given But Received

...He said he’d leave, so I’d grieve give into his heave
and hoeing for him, like fat to trim; work till dim
the nights. I- so bleak are these weak cries I seek
his gaze. eyes on me- lies -what a dru...

Stop and Shop Strike

...The Stop & Shop strike v. Game of Thrones. 
In Game what’s not made plain
is the condition of the people
compared with warriors and queens.
There’s no mention of land-clearance, tree-felling, 
p...

Crack In the Stove

...Crack In The Stove
Listen to the pine splits
crack in the stove
clouds down our roof like
burnt pine, milk
The smell of come in the shack

A breeze on the wall
from boiling tomatoes
A baby s...

King

...King
Haughty,royal
Ruling, gloating,dining
Gold,mansion,clay,straw
Sowing,hoeing,starving
Humble, ragged
Peasant


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