For our 5th issue of The Poeming Pigeon, Homer takes us back to our roots - literally and literarily. Enjoy this collection of over 80 poems that celebrates dirt under our fingernails, sharing zucchini with our neighbors, seed catalog dreams, and this labor-of-love we call gardening. Contributing Poets Around the Globe Include: Pamela Ahlen • Heather Angier • Diane Averill • Dianne Avey • Michael Baldwin • Irene Bloom • Katy Brown • Lanette Cadle • Cathy Cain • Margaret Chula • Brittney Corrigan • Linda M. Crate • Neil Creighton • Gareth Culshaw • C. Hunter Davis • John Davis • Robert Eastwood • Johanna Ely • Matt Farr • Linda Ferguson • Brad G. Garber • Suzy Harris • Ruth Hill • Ann Howells • Georgette Howington • Marilyn Johnston • Tim Kahl • Kelila A Knight • Tricia Knoll • Laurie Kolp • Jennifer Lagier • Eric le Fatte • Shari Jo LeKane-Yentumi • Annie Lighthart • Stephen Linsteadt • Rosemary Douglas Lombard • Alwyn Marriage • Carolyn Martin • Catherine McGuire • Carter McKenzie • Barbara A. Meier • Karla Linn Merrifield • Amy Miller • Kay Morgan • Liz Nakazawa • Claudine Nash • Emily Pittman Newberry • Terri Niccum • James B. Nicola • W.P. Osborn • Pattie Palmer-Baker • Rachelle M. Parker • Laurinda Lind • Kenneth Pobo • Janet M Powers • Cindy Rinne • Jeannie E. Roberts • Susan Rogers • Scott A. Russell • Ada Jill Schneider • Larry Schug • Suzanne Sigafoos • Judith Skillman • Alec Solomita • Elizabeth Stoessl • Beth Suter • G. Murray Thomas • Allison Thorpe • Brigit Truex • Cheryl A. Van Beek • Phyllis Wax • Lillo Way • Viola Weinberg • Sherry Wellborn • Kate Wells • Susan Whitney • Daniel Williams • Steve Williams • Sara Wilson • M. Wright • Paul Yager • Stan Zumbiel