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Tim
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since 1999-06-08

Posts 1794

0 posted 2010-07-01 06:49 PM

Dust devils in a constant swirl,
...dance across a Kansas plain,
Stalks of wheat having given up,
...crowns of golden grain,
High above hot summer sun,
...beats down on fields below,
While lone farmer with his plow,
...drives his tractor to and fro.
A red-tailed hawk soars on the wind,
...silent sentry in blue sky,
While in the distance, West Emma Creek,
...sits lifeless, nearly dry.
Tomorrow is July the 4th,
...in town the big parade,
Antique cars, a marching band,
...fireworks; pink lemonade,
The farmer will be in his field,
...he'll take no holiday,
Plowing stubble, hay to bale,
...ain't got no time to play,
On tractor's cab will fly a flag,
...Old Glory, red, white and blue,
In Kansas fields; Independence Day,
...'cause that's what farmers do.

[This message has been edited by Tim (07-02-2010 10:45 PM).]

Balladeer

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since 1999-06-05

Posts 25505
Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA

1 posted 2010-07-01 06:57 PM

Absolutely perfect, Tim! Being a little ways down the in Missouri growing up, I can relate to every image you have created here....and the picture of the farmer plowing (no, they don't take holidays off) with the flag flying on his tractor says so very much about the heartland and the people who live there.

Very well done!!!!!

Mysteria

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since 2001-03-07

Posts 18328
British Columbia, Canada

2 posted 2010-07-01 07:00 PM

Couldn't agree more, the picture you painted in words is so vivid of the people that make the country what it is. Well done indeed.

Sunshine

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since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

3 posted 2010-07-01 11:09 PM

Tim...makes me glad you're not
a farmer, but can write for one...
and makes me even happier to know
you're my neighbor.

Lamar Cole
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since 2009-05-01

Posts 274

4 posted 2010-07-01 11:27 PM

Very Nice.

Denise

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Member Seraphic

since 1999-08-22

Posts 22648

5 posted 2010-07-03 01:45 PM

You always paint the perfect picture, Tim! Well done!

Martie

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since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

6 posted 2010-07-03 04:04 PM

Hi Tim...believe it or not, I see the same here in the part of California where I live now...so good to see you, my friend.

passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26

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displaced

7 posted 2010-07-03 10:12 PM

I reckon Arkansas is the same way, more or less

Richy
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since 2003-05-03

Posts 3050

8 posted 2010-07-04 06:10 AM

Oh yes out here in central Cali, 100 miles wide, 400 miles long, thats all their is but farming, or every kind. People think of California as big city, which it has many of, I grew up in the bay area, but moved out here over ten years ago, and don't have any want to move back. I love small town USA, and its right here, on the left coast.

Great stuff here friend!

Happy Fourth of July!
Richard

2islander2
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since 2008-03-12

Posts 6825
by the sea

9 posted 2010-07-04 12:48 PM

I love the poem, this portrait of america is outstanding for me....Thanks a lot

yann

LindsayP
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since 2007-07-28

Posts 3410
Australia, Victoria

10 posted 2010-07-07 10:18 PM

A wonderful poem Tim and being a farmer from way back I can relate to every line of your fine poem. A pleasure to read my friend

Lindsay

bel1e
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since 2006-07-24

Posts 1631

11 posted 2010-07-08 03:04 PM

who doesn't love fireworks & pink lemonade ?

Great poem~

Amaryllis
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since 2010-05-20

Posts 1306
Mi now

12 posted 2010-07-08 03:28 PM

Wonderful slice of mid-American summer life, wholesome as strawberry shortcake.. enjoyed!
~Amaryllis

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