The 'Whole' Quest

A Poem by Pete

The sport of digging the bait is nearly equal to that of catching the fish, when one's appetite is not too keen. - Thoreau

Untitled (hands digging in dirt), 1991

by Michael François

digging in the dirt

hands ample fodder for worms

soul invisible

© 2024 Pete

Author's Note

“The soil, it appears, is suited to the seed, for it has sent its radicle downward, and it may now send its shoot upward also with confidence. Why has man rooted himself thus firmly in the earth, but that he may rise in the same proportion into the heavens above?” - Thoreau

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Added on May 17, 2024
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Pete

Boston, MA

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I love reading, writing, music, nature, God and feeling emotion, not necessarily in that order. To me, these things go hand in hand. My favorite writer is Henry David Thoreau. I think he was a geni.. more..