A Hardscrabble Life

Granny, hunched over the woodstove – I smell fatback frying in cast iron, Scents of morning in the Blue Ridge Mountains Along with hazy mists hanging across them, Parting for the sunlight as it makes its way up Over the hills that surround every heart Living out life on hardscrabble roads of old times. September 11, 2019 Life Poetry Contest Sponsored by: Ironic Zink Author's note: This is my first try with this, so I'm terribly uncertain if I got it right :)