Loam

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Loam

My roots are in the soil of the place I once called home
and still I feel a part of that South Dakota loam.
It had rich humus that gave life to all that seeded me,
clay to hold my memories and sand to set me free.

Lest I give the impression that they’re gone without a trace,
a myriad of memories lie rooted in that place.
They flit like prairie moths through everything I do,
then sink back down into my heart like rich Dakota goo.

 

Prompts for today are impression, myriad, flit and home. (Loam is a fertile soil of clay and sand containing humus.) Photo by Nikola Jovanovic on Unsplash. Used with permission.

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  3. Marilyn Armstrong's avatarMarilyn Armstrong

    Reblogged this on Serendipity Seeking Intelligent Life on Earth and commented:
    Having grown up in New York and now living in Massachusetts (with a decade in Jerusalem somewhere in between), I wonder where the grunge of New York fits in my soul? Is that why my house is never clean, no matter how often I try to get it done? The “New York grunge” is just “in there”? This poem spoke to me, though it made me wish I came from someplace less citified the the Big Apple. Enjoy!

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