W3 – 6-26-26

Sally’s prompt: Beneath the surface

I’ve been spending a lot of time lately trying to weed the gardens around my house. By the time I finish my daily stint, I usually have dirt on my hands and under my fingernails. Along the way, I uncover worms that seem startled by the light, insects that scurry off to find a new hiding place, and a house wren who scolds me endlessly because she has taken up residence in the birdhouse nearby. Then there are the thorny plants that leave me bleeding when I grab them without paying attention—and make me wish I’d worn the gardening gloves I bought but rarely use because they’re so clumsy and awkward.

All of this got me thinking about gardens, dirt, worms, roots, weeds, and the many things that lie beneath the surface.

You can take this prompt literally and write about gardening or the natural world. Or you can use these images as metaphors for growth, change, discovery, hidden truths, difficult work, things that need tending, or anything else they inspire.

Wherever your imagination takes you, I hope you’ll dig around a bit and see what you uncover.

• Form: Any form
• Length: Up to 14 lines

Happy writing! 

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sitting there all smiles

not admitting their secret wiles

waiting till others leave

then remaining, I receive

the gossip there just learned

words I don’t want heard

old ladies love to talk

only when some of us walk

away, probably conversing too

about me or her, all the usual fools

beneath the friendly outward looks

boredom rules – they should read books!

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