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The Return of the Fertilizer King and Other Tales explores the inner- connectedness of man and his friends in the insect world-as well as man's connection with any other beings that might be traversing the soil or flying through the skies. Creatures living under the ground as well those above the ground are presented in their relationship to the home gardener, as well as the commercial farmer. Author Mark Sturges employs an important tool in his poetry called personification, which encourages the reader to respect insects as conscious creatures, rather than something to be stepped on. The Return of the Fertilizer King and other Tales moves from the forest to the pasture to the vineyard and back again. Soil restoration through organic composting is the underlying thread that weaves this collection together.
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From the Author
Mark U. Sturges is, indeed, a fertilizer king. His farm in Bandon, Oregon, ships organic compost and nematodes and dung beetles to thirty states. Mark has been a poet for over thirty years. In addition to writing, Mark sells fine wine on the South Coast of Oregon. He and his wife Maryanne have lived in Bandon, Oregon for twenty-five years.
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From: The Fall Flight
"A rove beetle
scurries through blue kernels
that once sat in a jar
as white basmati
The skinny wiggly
black beetle
chomping rice weevils.
There’s ten more
Having a microscopic dinner
on a batch of discarded potato salad.
A red amphodium dung beetle
desiccates the Ilama berries
filling the thousand gallon
stainless steel tanks.
The rotten orange carcasses
of two thousand pumpkins
float on the tons of manure.
A congress of beetles
skating across the orange flows
directs the food chain
of flyers and crawlers.
With the beetles in charge
it’s only poop for so long."
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- PublisherRobert Reed Publishers
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 1931741557
- ISBN 13 9781931741552
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages60
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