Red Barn

Once it was colored an autumnal red
now it is a russet prop for the sunset.

The land has stacked evening around it,
a delving dusk has laid down years
of richly plowed shadows.

Within each cranny and niche,
each time-worn grain,
a soft twilight abides
even under daylights ferreting glare.

Seen against a late ebbing horizon
the barn blooms beyond its timbers,
it deftly fills-in the blush
of any half-painted sky.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2020

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Pigeon Tart Avatar
August 1, 2020 at 3:20 PM
Lush, phenomenal ink. xomo
Ashford Avatar
August 1, 2020 at 3:39 PM
Thank you PT, good to get another comment on this. e
De Beaulieu Avatar
August 1, 2020 at 12:09 PM
Hello Eric Asford, A red ba\rn in the field is beautiful to see. In winter it really stands out. Shelter for the the animals. Enjoy your day my friend.
De Beaulieu Avatar
August 2, 2020 at 3:06 PM
Hello Eric Ashford, you get kicked out of the barns you enter! Even when the barns are dilapidated? Why? Enjoy your evening my friend.
Ashford Avatar
August 1, 2020 at 12:12 PM
Thanks again for this review Darlene, yes a Dutch barn is my fave, but i get a kick out of all of them, even the dilapidated ones we occasionally find in the fields of Ohio. Have a good one. e
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