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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
NEW-TURNED SOIL, by ALICE PROKASKY
First Line: The smell of new turned garden soil
Last Line: A scent a rose may not excel.
Subject(s): Gardens & Gardening
First Line: The smell of new turned garden soil
Last Line: A scent a rose may not excel.
Subject(s): Gardens & Gardening
The smell of new turned garden soil
Is in the air. With patient toil
The musk of earth is freed
From winter cell ...
Each shovel full is like an urn
Diffusing redolent odor;
A freshness comes with each upturn
Of living earth ...
A scent a rose may not excel.
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