Showing posts with label California farmer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label California farmer. Show all posts

Saturday, March 15, 2014

A Double Limerick for Dowsers


The Dowser
by Rachel Hoyt

A farmer was pondering his crops,
wondering how much the drought would chop,
when appeared a man
with wands in both hands -
a drip who claimed he felt the drops.

The farmer refused to believe
the honesty of his blind weave
until his wand struck
a hydrant, by luck,
and he said, "Plant here - a tough sieve."
Copyright © 2014 Rachel Hoyt. All rights reserved.


to find water from somewhere other than The Man.

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Thursday, August 22, 2013

A California Walnut Farm That Emulates Sustainability

Sustainability
by Rachel Hoyt

image by watiporn via freedigitalphotos.net

Sustainability
Understands what we need,
Supports the greater we,
Tames impatience and greed,
Asks the sun to shine free,
Invites the wind to blow,
Nurtures our trash with glee,
Annexes water's flow,
Believes in harmony,
Impedes daft destruction,
Looks for what should, could be,
Inspires waste reduction,
Tries to think like a seed,
Yearns for Earth to be freed.

© 2013 Rachel Hoyt. All rights reserved.


This news about a California walnut farm inspired me
to write an acrostic poem about sustainability.