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Chilmark Hay 1951 - Thomas Hart-Benton
Photograph courtesy Tess Kinkaid, Magpie Tales
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A Farmer's Fantasy
Every spring
with the ground still muddy
from the winter snow melt
the farmer dreams
of a rich fall harvest.
Every summer
when the rains don't come
a farmer prays to the goddess
of the clouds
to send a gentle rain.
And every day
he holds in his heart
that early spring fantasy
of a fall harvest
to get him through the winter.
J. Binford-Bell
July 2012
i feel his dependence and plight a bit in this...farmers are certainly at the mercy of the gods...
ReplyDeleteYes, you got it absolutely right. Good write.
ReplyDeleteFresh, and accurate, take on the prompt...
ReplyDeleteExactly.
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a farmer life never an easy one thats for sure...too much rain here with crops rotting in the fields...
ReplyDeleteYes...every day...
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