# Top soil

> We're creating fertile grounds in issue #286 of your weekly poetry shot

**Published by:** [trpplffct](https://paragraph.com/@trpplffct/)
**Published on:** 2026-03-06
**Categories:** nature, poetry, highku
**URL:** https://paragraph.com/@trpplffct/top-soil

## Content

Like leaves on the forest floor, some are just there, some are exquisite - all of them make our common soil richer.When I was walking in a big park the other day, one that resembles a small forest, I was looking at textures. From tree trunks, from moss, and from the leaves on the ground. The last one intrigued me. It's just a pile of fallen leaves discarded by the trees and nobody cares enough about them to pick them up. But when you zoom in, you can see that each leaf is unique. With its own intricate patterns and shapes and colours. Zoom out again a little and you can see them lying there, layered on top of eachother, year after year. And these layers slowly morph into a fertile top layer of the soil. One that feeds the forest. It reminded me of my poems. Sometimes, when I send them out in the world, it feels like I send them out like a tree letting go of its leaves. And when you see them lying on the floor, you will find they all look very similar. A bit mundane even. But if you zoom in, you'll see that each is different. Some are indeed mundane, and maybe a bit bland, but some are very intricate, and powerful, and inspiring. All of them together, though - I hope they form a very fertile top soil for you to grow your own unique world view from.If you like the topsoil that the poems in this weekly newsletter form, please show your enthusiasm by buying me a cup of coffee or sending me a monthly supply of three cups through my hypersub.Arjan Tupan is writing poetry, podcasting and incubating empathyEntrepreneur, dad, European, story teller, poet. Curious, too. I tell stories on different platform and using a variety of tools. Sometimes I explain how I do stuff.Most of my content is free of charghttps://buymeacoffee.comSubscribe to Trpplr on HypersubTrpplrs are sending ripples of poetry through the world, to make it more fun. As a Trpplr, you will get: & special poetry drops from me and up-and-comin...https://hypersub.xyzPoésie de la vieWatch this bite-sized documentary about the forest floor

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