Weekend Memory
...In the cornfield the horse drawn reaper stood steady,
the vacation crew were up and ready.
The days were long,recent clouds had gone.
Yellow beams on heavy harvest food,
the lark departing with h...
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Categories:
stooked, childhood, work,
Form: Rhyme
If Seasons Swell
...If swallows scissor scarlet skies
and gather summer on their wings;
then seasons shift to autumn tones
as gnats retune the evening's song.
If apples swell with ozzing juice
that slowly drips o...
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Categories:
stooked, 12th grade, nature,
Form: Rhyme
Daydream of Yesterday
...re-post inspired by MRose contest
Sitting here,into my daydream
drift meadows of stooked-up sheaves,
midst close growing clover,
in wind and rain toppling over.Catching
minnows with jar and n...
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Categories:
stooked, dream,
Form: Verse
Dreams Recited
...DAY BREAKS
By this pool of stillness its
water unforgiving,deep and
mirror flat, a blue moon
ephemeral, below white-coated
peaks,Bleak and surreal.
The transient image all too soon
dissolves and ripp...
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Categories:
stooked, dream,
Form: Verse
Sequence-Rural Reminesences
...Stooked up sheaves,midst growing clover
In wind and rain,toppling over
A polished blade ,glides to and fro
Timber echos in the glade below
The hands tick around,one by one
Tedium ends,with t...
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Categories:
stooked, history, life
Form: Crystalline
The Half Crown
...In the cornfield the horse drawn reaper stood steady,the vacation crew were up
and ready.The days were long,recent clouds had gone.Yellow beams on heavy
harvest food,the lark departing with her s...
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Categories:
stooked, childhood, nostalgia, on work
Form: Prose Poetry