In Praise of Weeding

Rich loam between my fingers,
grip of stems, roots, balls of grass
pull up through the rain drenched soil
smell of the mulch, the grass,
the water from heaven
A patch cleared of the unwanted
weeds pulled out of the garden
separated from the wheat,
the chaff for burning
a wonderful closeness to nature
to God’s lessons for us
through the work of my hands
pulling weeds in the garden

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edited August 6, 2016

In Praise of Weeding – v5

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/08/in-praise-of-weeding-v5.html

(merging original and version 4)

edited February 9, 2016

In Praise of Weeding – v4

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/02/in-praise-of-weeding-v4.html

(merging edits to original, version 2, version 3)

edited July 28, 2015

In Praise of Weeding – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/07/in-praise-of-weeding-v3.html

(editing original)

edited April 29, 2015

In Praise of Weeding – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/04/in-praise-of-weeding-v2.html

July 16, 2007 14:04

In Praise of Weeding

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2007/07/in-praise-of-weeding.html

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