Inspirational Farm Poems

The Good Harvest

Years ago I was a farmer,
And my neighbor had a field.
But he let it go to briars,
He was not concerned with yield.

As I...

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How times were different so long ago,
when pure survival dominated life.
No extra frills to fill long hours- bestow
enjoyment- mostly work to ease our strife.

We girls,...

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The devil’s dry fields
dirt farm, not much yields
damn sun
one forlorn tree shields
Texas battlefields
the one
recline that appeals
low water reveals
not done

no reprieve day’s sun
no wind, land barren
poor...

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Have seen an utopian lane, amidst the thicket, latent In the abode of the clouds, in the lap of  the tranquil wilderness, far far...

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Somber gray barn, boards creaking
Humble, meek and mild like the weathered dreams
Falling gentle as rainfall, calming the weary heart
With tender breaths of laughter amid the...

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Brushed cheeks blushing 
from the red of many suns
released to plucking fingers 
from the garden 
of sustaining gifts: 
tomatoes: green, gold, or red.
Saved beyond the...

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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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Song of the Humble Scythe

My fellow men at arms, today we fight!
Courageous men of fields, that...

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In the rice field, the elder farmer knows what he has to go through every day,
Every time he hides the fatigue of years in a...

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rooster sounding off                      ...

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A Southern Memory

dusty, winding road
cotton crops glowing bright white
Mississippi mud

Robert J. Lindley, 3-25-2019
Haiku, (Time has flown)...

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in the garden
the gardener digs and digs away
he pulls a hundred thousands weeds
he grew up a hundred thousands seeds
he grew peas red and round
and Pulls...

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I want to run forever and ever
Over those gentle sloping hills
The earth must have been so clever
To give the landscape such thrills

I wonder how long...

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skip
     and jump
..and
         jive
then
      promenade 
around
  ...

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Can we develop an App that
Produces fruits and grains?
We are a generation of
Technicians, None of us
Aspire to become Farmers.

You want your Kid to become
An Engineer...

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