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Kansas |
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Tim Senior Member
since 1999-06-08
Posts 1794 |
I went walking yesterday, without a contemplation of the route that I would take, no thought of destination left behind paved city streets, I hiked on country lanes, amid a bluestemmed springtime prairie, 'cross verdant Kansas plains, when in the distance standing tall, an elevator soared, above land's scape, within its walls, a harvest's bounty stored, I stopped and sat upon a log, before I turned for home, reaching down to touch the ground, to feel of fertile loam, some might say it was just dirt, I felt within my hand, they would be wrong, for what I held, a vast and fruited land, breadbasket to a hungry world, where farmers ever toil, to fill grain bins to overflowing, with wheat from Kansas soil. |
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Larrysmom Senior Member
since 2008-04-03
Posts 533Florida, USA |
Wow! This is awesome and it reads like a dream... Tammy<333 |
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Sunshine
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Sir... When I first ventured onto this Kansas land of toil I bent and felt and knew the land I caressed the very soil. In the year of '80, I saw the signs by road 99 people would be fed so the Kansas sign foretold. As the years progressed along "fed by" number increased, they did and then I came to hear its song the prairies knew its kind, its kid Now we feed 128, it's told and I am not at all surprised even though recession is all around Kansas is a feast, reprised. We harbor horrors, stand still and fast and we hear of kin on edge we give until it hurts and then we go and stand upon their ledge So when the East and West then North and South hurt beyond their own means, Kansans are quick to know, and give a kindred knowledge of quick and lean. But if we could give, and give we will a certain calm of moment kind... We would gift the world our home stars and this peace, within their minds. ~*~ Thank you, Sir. You've unlocked my muse. |
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Marchmadness Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 9271So. El Monte, California |
Beautiful poem, I've never been to Kansas but it sounds lovely. Ida |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
I have been missing Kansas lately you bring it back to me, thank you |
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Artic Wind Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 8080Realm of Supernatural |
very much enjoyed I liked your words of choice  ARCTIC WIND |
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BluesSerenade Member Patricius
since 2001-10-23
Posts 10549By the Seaside |
I can appreciate the theme, as well as the hand that works the land that feeds us. Hi Tim~ |
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2dalimit Member Elite
since 2000-02-08
Posts 2228Mississippi coast |
I enjoyed the read and flow. You made it quite clear that the best things in life are sometime just under our feet. |
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