Notes About The Poem

This is a double entendre with farming.

Tonight I Farm

Tonight I farm,
Four seasons to nurture in one.
Animals are asleep, equipment in the shed,
All gates are locked and done.

The land needs stripping of weeds,
All slopes and valleys are clear.
Trees from the highest hill
From the ground they grow and appear.

A scent, a good year, the glen is rich.
I perspire, am hot and dry
Leaning forward I sip from the oasis before me
The world moves it seems and I sigh.

My body tills, ploughs, rips and scours
And there’s hours of moans, oh the noise.
Finally millions of seeds are sown in rows
Now to rest, this warn out boy.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2015

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Delaney Avatar
May 6, 2016 at 2:40 AM
Do you live on the land, Lewis? I really enjoyed this one. Is it a dream of farming? SuZ
Raynes Avatar
May 6, 2016 at 2:50 AM
I grew up on farm, this poem is about sowing but also my lover.
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