Long Country Roads
Driving long country roads at the start of Spring
the dirt doesn’t billow and hover
coating everything and everyone like in heat of Summer,
Winter’s blanket removed – the fields are
greening – the earth is breathing;
the palpitating earth passes by as I drive and wipers beat a calming rhythm,
as nourishing rain gently falls
in the dampness of spring, the soil is receptive,
waiting to yield to the plow –
to give itself, to offer its bounty held dormant.
About this poem
Driving along dirt roads through farm country in early spring offers a certain natural sensual experience that I try to convey here. Country folk may understand, the rest of you may think I'm weird. That's OK, I kind of am.
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Submitted by GCTHOMAS on April 27, 2024
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Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 468 |
Words | 87 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 4 |
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