Corn Stocks and Summer

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    PIcking sweet corn was a hard job that ended into the evening. The rewards came with the taste of sweet melted butter on corn on the cob. Cool drinks and swiming.

    Corn Stocks and Summer

     In the summer corn stocks grow
    Green tall sharp as a razor
    Sweet tastie corn white or yellow
    In the rolls grow tall gathered by buckets

    On a hot summers day sweaty brows drip
    Moist with heat from the day
    Corn stocks drape heavy with corn
    Waiting to be picked

    Ice water needed cools the soul
    Bring thoughts to the end of day

    Mosquitoes bite the harvest is right
    The pick must be today
    Minds wonder and want to play

    The cool lake ripples
    The rope swing twirlers
    We dive to the bottom
    Washing our heat away

    At the end of the day
    Supper waits
    With the taste of sweet buttered corn on the cob
    Only to end with the start of another day

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    Qualin commented on Corn Stocks and Summer

    07-25-2010

    LAND WASN'T THE ONLY THING WE GOT FROM THE NATIVE INDIANS,BUT TO MAKE IT WHOLE THEY SURLEY BY NOW HAVE ADDED BUTTER!!! HOME FRIED CHICKEN HOME MADE BISCUITS AND GRAVY MY FAMOUS GREEN BEANS AND RED POTATOES,HOME MADE CHERRY PIE WITH HOME MADE ICE CREAM, DANG IM HUNGRY!!! GOOD WRITE FRIEND
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    jyothi commented on Corn Stocks and Summer

    05-08-2010

    Simple , labourious and testy-----------------------------------poem.
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    Stryx commented on Corn Stocks and Summer

    04-29-2010

    A charming vignettte. It was ice tea for me. My but it was hot. Do you know there is only one perfect cob of corn per stalk? Nice write.
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    Bettysrainbow48

    05/07/2010

    Well you learn something everyday. I didn't know that. Thank you

    knight4696 commented on Corn Stocks and Summer

    04-11-2010

    Betty - THis brings me back to my uncle's farm on PEI. I spent 3 weeks there to help him with the harvest and animals. It's a hard and rewarding life- I enjoyed it for a vacation - but I am a city boy at heart! :) Nice Job! :) Ken
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    Bettysrainbow48

    04/17/2010

    I tried that once myself, very hard work. Thankyou.

    stefy commented on Corn Stocks and Summer

    04-09-2010

    This poem is very lovely and nice..................................
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    Bettysrainbow48

    04/17/2010

    Thank you

    Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion.

    T. S. Eliot (1888-1965) American-English poet and playwright.

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