Predominated Poems | Examples

The Old Red Barn and I

The first time I painted the old red barn

I was twenty years old and the skies were blue.


There it sat in the middle of the hay field

Waiting to be immortalized on canvas.


The second time I painted the old red barn

I was thirty-nine and my life was in turbulence.


The fall thunderclouds predominated the picture.

The hayfield almost orange with the coming sunset.


The last time I took my easel to the field

The barn had faded to a dusty rose colour,


But the skies were blue and the clouds were fluffy.

The hay waved joyously in the breeze.


The barn and I had both aged and faded with time

But we were still blessed with the sun shining on the hay.