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.
Crafty Green Poet...thank you for visited my site...keep reading
ReplyDeleteI enjoy reading your blog
Those are great fun! Thanks for participating in my latest prompt!
ReplyDeleteA very good set, Juliet. I like the way "soil samples" is transformed into "dirt."
ReplyDeleteYou 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!
ReplyDeleteSo 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!
ReplyDeleteHi, CGP!
ReplyDeleteI 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.
ReplyDeleteOne 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!
ReplyDeleteDavide - 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. :)
ReplyDeletei loved those!!!... hilarious...as a gardener i would be in heaven... dirt, earthworms...
ReplyDeletelittlewing - 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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