Short Topsoil Poems

Life filled with a feeling of happiness 
With dirt, slush, sordidness 
The cleanliness existing apart 
From everything else in the yard
The ambience of soggy topsoil
Feeling so complete thus mindful 
Not one worry 
No agony 
In mud with dandy doggie...

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sown a sick seed
close although ready 
no chance 
for a sick seed already planted
a sick seed sown
for me and good neighbor's
the sick seed has nothing 
awake and on the word
that dug you up
seed settle topsoil
for the bird's 
and for my ear's 
oh well
eye's of the word settle back down
come see me
bird's eye's pluck'em out...

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Sun-Dried Rain
David J Walker

Following the path of 
Southwest winds 

Carving canyons  
Starving clouds and land alike

Making sand of topsoil
As pilgrims pray for rain

staking a claim in blowing dust
In bilingual refrains 

of long missed moisture 
and drying rust 

Sun-dried children cleansed and swaying
on backyard clothes lines 

dying for a drop 
of Sun-Dried rain

Who will be selected Queen of 
This year’s Dust Storm Fest...

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