February 11, 2023 · 2:48 pm
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As To Depth – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon











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“To forget how to dig the earth and to tend the soil is to forget ourselves.”  Mahatma Gandhi















As To Depth

Everyone digs differently,
a pathology of sorts,
some stand upright,
others lean in,
some plunge while
others lightly tread 
in the spade.

As to depth
its anyone's guess,
but I always try to go deep
to air the soil  and loosen the sod,
my rhythm is well honed;
I can feel the pull, the turns,
the heave and heft,
in every muscle mine.



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			6 responses to “As To Depth – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon”		


		
		
    
			
		
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										rugby843				
    

				
				
    
					February 11, 2023 at 5:31 pm				
    

				
    Have you lived in clay soil??😂
    

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										Liz Gauffreau				
    

				
				
    
					February 11, 2023 at 8:25 pm				
    

				
    I love the physicality of this one.
    

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										lync56				
    

				
				
    
					March 13, 2023 at 10:21 pm				
    

				
    Beautiful poem – I see you turning soil with such expertise and speed and the same in going deep into self – thoughts ideas and philosophies
    

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