In Praise of Dirt by Rebecca Gilbert
Between two particles of soil,
small invisible relations
rise and fall, feast, party and toil -
complex cultures, cities, nations...
Slow dancing in the world's embrace,
entwined with what we hold most dear -
when all is gone without a trace,
the soil will know that we were here
Being Grounded by Mark Carlin
The earth forever calls us home, and the "ground" of any true culture lies in the soil. It's that in-between common world of civilization and wild nature, that place where relationship is formed. It's where our human hands and feet marry mineral and plant, there in the world of microbes and insects, sun and rain.
