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Monday, April 01, 2024

- - a Poem for dVerse Quadrille #198 and NaPoWri Day 1

[Farm contoured, Bing search, (URL)]

  Contour Farming 

Down hills rains eroding 

Solve, County Agent comes

Nodding heads did agree

Surveyors measuring


Hills left with bright markers

Following them Dad plowed

Plowed more—Terraces made

Corn, Alfalfa between


Corn for feeding beef cows

With hay for winter meals


Erosion stopped, soil enriched 

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 - Poem Copyright, Jimmiehov 2024, All Rights Reserved 

 - Photo, Bing Search, "Contour Farming" (URL) 

 - I am linked with Lisa for dVerse at   

    https://dversepoets.com/2024/04/01/dverse-quadrille-monday-198-fuzzy-frameworks/ 

where her instructions were to "Pen us a poem of precisely 44 words (not counting the title), including some form of the word contour." 

 - Poem Copyright, Jimmiehov 2024, All Rights Reserved 

 - I'm linked with NaPoWriMo 2024 Day 1 (URL)

 - Click here to read the other writers works 

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9 comments:

  1. JadeLiMonday, April 01, 2024 7:40:00 PM

    Jim, I've seen the fields looking like that before but never knew the reason for it. My guess is how the winds blow is interrupted by the shape of the fields?

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  2. JimMonday, April 01, 2024 9:55:00 PM

    The reason of contour farming is that hilly farms loose their top soil by rain waters runs down hills and carries soil, freshly loosened by farm equipment. That also takes with it precious nutrients. The fast moving, down hill, rainwaters also make ditches not wanted for farming.

    Here it is caught by the terraces and what doesn't soak into the soil is slowly diverted into one spillway.
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  3. Kim M. RussellTuesday, April 02, 2024 2:49:00 AM

    Thank you, Jim. I've learnt something new today - and I live in Norfolk, surrounded by farmland. But then, farms in the US are huge.

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  4. brudbergTuesday, April 02, 2024 3:49:00 AM

    So much better to help nature with sustainable harvesting.

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  5. HelenTuesday, April 02, 2024 10:08:00 AM

    I learned about contour farming at an early age .. my grandfather explained it to me. Love how your used "contour" in this poem, Dr. Jim.

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  6. Nicole HorlingsTuesday, April 02, 2024 4:20:00 PM

    Education and entertainment intertwined. Neat poem!

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  7. Merril D. SmithWednesday, April 03, 2024 6:39:00 AM

    I knew what it was, but I've never lived on a farm. Nice memories.

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  8. DoraWednesday, April 03, 2024 10:55:00 AM

    Rare to see problems solved so successfully! Great take on the prompt, Jim, and like Kim, I learned something new.

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  9. ben AlexanderSunday, April 07, 2024 5:58:00 AM

    Delightful and educational, Jim. Just excellent.

    Much love,
    David
    SkepticsKaddish.com

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