14 Sep Fallen To Earth by Sandy McPherson Carrubba Geary
I see my father’s shovel
bounce off the garden soil.
And watch brown mud ooze
from the open wound.
Earth’s lifeblood as
it dribbles and smears.
Then, my father places
seeds in brown soil
and covers them over.
For months, soft earth
over possibilities.
Invisible happenings.
At last, tiny green sprouts
born to flower.
I watch father’s life
bloom, then, fade.
See mud, like fine dust
slip too quickly
through my fingers.
How soon he dropped!
Placed beneath the flowers,
like a seed, waiting to
germinate again.
My father works the soil.
He becomes the soil.
bounce off the garden soil.
And watch brown mud ooze
from the open wound.
Earth’s lifeblood as
it dribbles and smears.
Then, my father places
seeds in brown soil
and covers them over.
For months, soft earth
over possibilities.
Invisible happenings.
At last, tiny green sprouts
born to flower.
I watch father’s life
bloom, then, fade.
See mud, like fine dust
slip too quickly
through my fingers.
How soon he dropped!
Placed beneath the flowers,
like a seed, waiting to
germinate again.
My father works the soil.
He becomes the soil.
About the Poet
Sandy McPherson Carrubba Geary is a poet, prose writer, and literary organizer based in Kenmore, NY. For the past six years, she has curated and hosted the monthly Screening Room Poetry Reading Series in Amherst, NY. Sandy’s debut collection of poems Brush Strokes was published in 2011 by Finishing Line Press. Her poetry and essays have been published in The Kerf, Earth’s Daughters, The Shine Journal, The Buffalo News, The Healing Muse, Starving Writer Review, Lynx Eye, The Critic, St. Anthony Messenger Magazine, as well as the Chicken Soup for the Soul anthologies.
Related Event
- Sandy McPherson Carrubba Geary will be the featured reader at the Screening Room Poetry Series event at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, September 19th. The Screening Room is located at 880 Alberta Drive, Amherst. There is a $4.00 admission charge.Sandy’s reading as curator emeritus will mark the transition of the curatorship of the over three decade long series founded by the late Rosemary and Bill Kothe to new curators Ken Koch and Ida Goeckel for the 2025-2026 season.
The Poem of the Week feature is curated by literary legacy awardee R.D. Pohl.