It's a worms world


To live for, on, and of the land
experiencing the breath of God

the small races that clear the earth
from dirt
and make a sanctuary


The masters of fertile essence are
deep in the soil

making everything new

making everything great

again and again.


And the great novelists,
and all the great poets

missed out on the littlest thing

important enough

to make a new world,

just right under their feet.



Poetry by Ivan R
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Written on 2014-01-13 at 00:28

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I don't know if John Clare ever wrote of the worm, but it would be in keeping if he had. He saw the world from the lowest vantage, from the ground, as you have, embracing the world of those "littlest things," again, as you have. In this way you are in the very best of company.
2014-01-13



This is such a unique concept, Ivan, that it's no wonder the great poets have overlooked it until now. Do you know that people who follow the teachings of Buddha won't kill an earthworm, and will move every single earthworm from the ground before building a house in order to protect them. So, maybe they have the better understanding, like yourself, of the importance of the earthworm. I love your poems. I never know whether I should laugh or take you seriously. Biologically you are correct of course.
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