Winter’s Hold, Cold
Just before the sun comes up I head out to the barn The soil's turned concrete or granite? It's so hard! Nice to think it's just a crust shielding life down deep Creatures live, under the frost roots are holding life Makes me think of [...]
Bitter Cold
Welcome to the Arctic! and you didn't even leave home! Down, down, down comes the sub zero blanket of air freezing all it can Soil, rock hard snow, crunching cold "Crack!" noises here and there as materials contract, shrinking We bundle up and just keep [...]
Gathering of The Clan
Coast to coast they come to the Heartland mid-America Breadbasket Flyover Zone The gene pool arrives! Gammy and grandpo hosting kids and grandkids a family of American Eagles and eaglets Generations in turn learning to fly and flying away but coming back home the family [...]
Crunch Grass
Folks down south miss a lot things the cold gifts to us Some good some not so pleasant This morning crisp, cold air nipped at my nose and fingers as I trudged out to the shop Overnight cold was winter's hold refusing to let go [...]
Music of The Prairie
Symphony, they call it music that wraps its arms around us because we listen, feel,smell, see Perhaps it's wind we can see percussion we feel bow strings we stretch and tune, bend and clip and brass we mold, shape, file and weld The farmer is [...]
Mothers of Distinction
I discovered my wife in mother mode was a person of distinction For a start how could she do it? Deliver a baby Incredible... Impossible? But she did Five times Her love grew for each one and also for me How could that be that [...]