Childhood Farm Poems

At Farmer John's pond, afternoon's sway,
A boy with hair, wiry sandy fray.
Shoeless, in the light of day,
Dreaming of a prize to lay.
His straw hat, a...

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That big red rooster friendly was not
Each morning he chased me across the lot
Today there was three
Mom rooster and me
running with broom mom gave him...

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Lots of people were once scattered throughout those farmlands.
But now nearly all those farm hands and sharecroppers are gone.
But in my heart and mind, there's...

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BALING  HAY

                We three are farmer girls primarily.
 ...

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Walking country roads, farmlands, my dreams rouse
Faith blessing those who believe in His grace
Over meadows, past gardens, through the house
Erasing dark with morn’s stirring embrace

Faith...

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HARVEST

Day after day we are out in the sun
Collecting the harvest before it rains.
Day after day until daylight is done,
Scything the ripe hay to fill...

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"Can you feel the soul of an abandoned house;

        can you hear the whispering? " 

  ...

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This was the way it was
In my childhood days
With ancient and tried
Crop farming ways.
Up to the ankles in slurry,
Muck fork in hand,
Ready to spread manure
To...

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My mam used to clean at Billy Bulson’s farm,
A magical place of mystery and charm,
With geese that cackled and hissed and every day.
Without my mam...

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When I think about the LORD and
His having a plan for my life,*
I rejoice that He cares so much-
His everlasting love so rife

When a young...

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"recently scenes of early life have stolen into my mind, like breezes blown ..."

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grandpa’s long dirt lane

between glorious corn fields -

(where we found delights)

today is paved and seems so short . . .

Where have all the berries gone?


Aug....

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There are piggies of The Woods,
there are piggies of The Sea.
Not all piggies are equal;
this is clear to me.

There are piggies who sing -
and they...

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Uncle was a stout version of dad
Which I found quite interesting.
And a very different lifestyle he led.

Dad was a fastidious medical guy
But uncle just a...

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Dumbass Genius Farm Boys Paradigm
David J Walker

“Genius” may have been the most ironic of all
The four-letter adverb monikers daily applied
To describe the general dissatisfaction 
With...

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