Soil Poems - Poems about Soil

Food — The gift of soil and hand, A miracle that sprang from sand, Quenching hunger, warming souls, Is the bite and sip from steaming bowls. The ripened fruits and tender greens, Eaten with crusty loaf of grains, With flavours bold,...Read the rest...

“The future may see the exhaust of mines dug deep into Earth’s core. But, the soil has to keep producing food for the ever growing Earth’s population.” - quote by A.A.Jarilov, Soil-Scientist --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Supporting life on Earth Nourishing life...Read the rest...

{Poet’s Note : I wrote this poem for the passing of my very dear friend & comrade, Cecyl Esau, Umkhonto we Sizwe Commander in 2021, as a contribution to his memorial service. Cecyl was given...Read the rest...

When two bodies merged with the miracle of the breath of life, a brand new flesh being began to...Read the rest...

Sweating in the rustic dusts of Nazareth, you laboured. As a farm labourer, ironsmith, weaver, and shepherd, You ploughed with the peasants, who were curious yet loving. They were teachers from whom wisdom, like clear streams, flowed, gushing. You...Read the rest...

Spring Sonnet The microscopic lifeforms in my soil Sense the rising in degrees Celsius. Old Summer’s red wiggler worms now uncoil, While hungry birds look down most odious. Most showers now done, the weeds envelope The surviving herbs, flowers, plus veggies. Like...Read the rest...

Oh, land of yearning, soil of the pandemic, Across your bereaved fields, a lone wanderer carries His tattered garment of helplessness, In his steps echoes the cry of the land that cannot comprehend him. Through your white villages, withered...Read the rest...

A celestial dance, infinite grace in the grandeur of ancient yearned place. A Red Giant lassos his pearly bride, keeps her from roaming the desert face. A vow is exchanged, a cosmic bond living, alive with...Read the rest...

The Bitter Soil, Gaza 2024 Earth, Gaia, mother of us all wars defile her sacred gifts we sow the dead like seeds reap a harvest from our guns in this shattered land charred by hate and want hospitals plant mass graves no dignity...Read the rest...

This is not the entity that has been touted and written about since the times before tamed fire It is fire, it is malevolent and for that reason it entices me Enveloped in a shroud of rage unrelenting Uncaring...Read the rest...

Written 20 December 2023 No. 1263 Unplaced Poetry Contest Sponsored by Brian Strand ...Read the rest...

fertile ground was found the soil a rich deep dark brown the seeds were welcomed ...Read the rest...

The soil has meaning, I plant trees, amazes me, Life grows more gaining....Read the rest...

barefoot and present old soft shoes naked foot wiggling toes grimacing I come to manipulate the ground that I stand dirty souls marching forth battle scarred wiggling toes grimacing with rhythmically amalgamated marching forward March...Read the rest...

In my left armpit a big boll That made me with anger boil… Then, nurse began to water boil. “Please, don’t touch it now: let it boil…” “But not like breakfast tea I boil!” I’d prayed fluid would spill...Read the rest...