Over the years many people have written poems to and about the soil. Below are a few that we thought you might like:

(If you are inspired to write your own soil poem, and you don't mind sharing, please e-mail us a copy for our Soil Poems page!)

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"The Earthworm" URL: http://www.uiowa.edu/uiowapress/poetry/farmers.htm Author: Harry Edmund Martinson (Sweden) Source: University of Iowa Press: Poetry "The Gardener" URL: http://www.authorsden.com/visit/viewpoetry.asp?id=17856 Author: Zinta Aistars Source: The Author's Den "Heart and Soil" URL: http://www.mindpower.com/inkstains/gro15.htm Author: D.P. Groberg Source: Inkstains: D.P. Groberg "Putting in the Seed" URL: http://www.robertfrost.org/poem2.html#PUTTING IN THE SEED Author: Robert Frost Source: The Robert Frost Web Page "Soil" URL: http://www.vanmeer.com/Poetry/Soil.html Author: Leo VanMeer Source: Vanmeer.com "The Soil Man" URL: http://www.whatkidscando.org/shorttakes/poem.html Author: Michael Holloway Source: What Kids Can Do, Inc. Return to the top