the hard frost delayed
more time to make hay
Next Year
The tractor rests
beside next years berry crop
hoping for a bumper.
Grazing
Cows find
spring’s sweetness
in tender young grass.
Retired Workers
Rust may diminish their substance
but their labor has shaped
the land on which they rest.
Sisters
They feed in the field of their ancestors
and rest in a humble structure
that is everything it needs to be –
home
Scarecrow
The cheerful scarecrow
encourages reluctant corn.
Wayward Donkeys
At the farm of procreation
the girls gather at the fence
their sweet eyes disarming undeserved judgements.