Goodbye Farm Poems

The New Year

It is a new year... 
It is a new day.
It is the first day...
of many more. 

The problem, 
and the answer... 
It came...

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Rocky

Rock is not a racehorse, 
he is a tiny Billy goat. 
He thinks he is much larger
than he really is. 
One day, 
he will be...

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The furrows glistened silvery
With the crows astride their brow
Looking for the wiggling worms
Turned up by six share plough

Seagulls also joined the feast
Calling out loudly as...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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rooster sounding off                      ...

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TONY THE PONY

Last weekend our friends invited us
To their farm,
And we were introduced, to their 
New pony, who had delectable charm.
His name was Tony,
Such a...

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I have always wanted something wonderful out of life
But my mother said there is always a price
It has nothing to do with land, money or...

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These boots have seen a lot of action through the years.
They’ve been through droughts and floods.
Have helped round up and brand cattle.
Have trekked through mud...

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THE OLD FARMSTEAD
by
JOHN M. ARRIBAS




So many sunsets since I last tread this lane
Stirring deep seeded emotions so hard to contain
I know it’s the same place...

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Growing up in the colorful land 
of rich fruits ripened by sunshine,
I waited for the harvest time...
imagining how sweet they tasted.

I carried a basket made...

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The wood smoke is rising,
there’s a chill in the air,
the valley’s in shadow,
with the pear tree still bare,
but I know by morning,
what the new day...

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Take out the trash on Tuesday and remember the white bags are recyclable; 
Don’t mix the trash with the pig food, we’re saving the world;...

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Long ago,the guinea fowls congregated 
Clourfully and innumerably 
And sang sweet songs 
And played in the savanah
They sang for the for the antelopes 
To leap...

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FARMERS WISH 


Woke up this morning with the sun in my eyes
Wishing for rain in the clear blue skies
We’re faced with a problem every single...

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Three of my chickens are dead and they have left a hole in my heart,
I want to mark their passing, prove that they were alive...

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