six week lab project
with no sign of a result -
grade A for effort.
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measuring wheat stemsin a noisy, dusty room -
cheap student labour.
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counting all the plants
in a square metre of grass -
surrounded by cows
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taking soil samples
to the lab to count earthworms -
rucksack full of dirt.
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bad jobs for Mad Kanes Haiku Prompt.
11 comments:
Crafty Green Poet...thank you for visited my site...keep reading
I enjoy reading your blog
Those are great fun! Thanks for participating in my latest prompt!
A very good set, Juliet. I like the way "soil samples" is transformed into "dirt."
You have such a knack for haiku. A friend of mine used to work in a lab and this set reminded me of the way she used to describe it. So well done!
So true. One college job I had I pulled and weighed tomatoe vines from these measured patches at an Agricultural school. In the winter I ground those vines up into marked vials for analysis by grad. students. In the Spring I recorded the analysis results on a huge paper spread sheet. I have no clue what it all meant, but I got paid!
Hi, CGP!
I thought of you when I saw this ecological literature contest: http://www.knockjournal.org/submit/ecolit-contest.html
on the Practicing Writing blog.
I'm passing it along in case you haven't seen it. Seems like a natural for you.
I totally agree with you about "Fugitive Pieces", it's such a powerful novel, with intense poetic prose. I remember I even listened to A.Michaels in a Venetian bookshop presenting it.
One of the great fiction memories of the eighties. I never read her poetry though.
Best wishes, Davide
HI my backyard, thanks for the recommendation, it looks good! Hopefully I'll get something together before the closing date!
Davide - Glad you also enjoyed Fugitive Pieces,
patricija - thanks for visiting
mad kane - thanks for the prompt!
bill, selma - thanks!
rabbits guy - the mysteries of research!
Love the sentiment Crafty. I have a 'green' poem I posted yesterday, if you have the time. :)
i loved those!!!... hilarious...as a gardener i would be in heaven... dirt, earthworms...
littlewing - oh i like earthworms and soil too, don't get me wrong, but carrying bags of soil around to count the earthworms isn't the best thing to do...
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