Watching the Harvest

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    Watching the Harvest

    Clouds of wheat dust hang in the late afternoon air,

    Tiny pieces of chaff and stem,

    Like some mythic desert storm,

    Almost blotting out the summer sun.

    Two combines carve patterns across the field

    Slow and ponderous,

    Yet with a lumbering grace,

    A dance of mechanized behemoths.

    They turn the corner of the field

    And pass close to where I stand

    Waiting for you.

    I am engulfed in the flying cloud

    That surges in their wake.

    The bare skin of my arms is dusted with grit.

    My hair will hold the scent of fresh cut wheat for hours.

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    NevillePark commented on Watching the Harvest

    07-27-2009

    I mind the time, (as my Grandpappy used to say) when I felt all those farmerly fun times. Especially poiniant is the recollection of having to scoop out a pathway for the mouth of the auger to take the grain to the top of the bin. Us kids were doing the job a sensible adult manages to avoid.

    lightcourier commented on Watching the Harvest

    07-10-2009

    I really enjoyed the image you painted so well here. I could picture that so clearly. And the waiting. And the wheat smell clinging to your hair. Nice work! Thanks!

    When power leads man towards arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.

    John F. Kennedy (1917-1963) Thirty-fifth President of the USA

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