"Digging"

Question 1

Beginning

Answer 1

“Between my finger and my thumb / The squat pen rests; snug as a gun.”

Question 2

Main

Answer 2

“By God, the old man could handle a spade. /My grandfather cut more turf in a day / Than any other man on Toner’s bog.”

Question 3

Conclusion

Answer 3

“Between my finger and my thumb / The squat pen rests. / I’ll dig with it.”