Inspiration of the Week 12

Welcome to The Poetry Palace and "Inspiration of the week". There are so much talent wthin the blogsphere and this week I have visited a blog that I am sure will inspire the others talented poets. I am Chimnese and it's a pleasure to be with you.

This poem was written by Hoofprintsn my garden

Pear Planting

January mud seeps

through my jeans

where I kneel in the orchard.

I scrape and cup

loose soil

pulling damp handfuls

from the planting hole.

My fingers break

into an old gopher hole

-- double layer of chicken wire there –

I hold

the bareroot whip of wood

like a stick figure

and scoot dirt around roots

firming and filling

each crevice.

An earthy scent of moist soil

rises.

Then, a thick blanket

of composted fall leaves,

old hay

and horse manure.

The roots will wait.

Their spring sleeping

in winter’s warmth.

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Wednesday, 10am, February 22 to February 29, 2012! We are taking a break, free from poetry palace for two entire weeks, cool deal for me and you, ENJOY!

Until then, Happy February!

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