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The Wheat Harvest of '17
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The Wheat Harvest of '17 |
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Lori Grosser Rhoden Member Patricius
since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202Fair to middlin' of nowhere 
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The wheat harvest of ‘17 has come and gone with nary a word from me. I watched it all, from fields of green sprouts to waving golden stalks of headed out wheat. I’ve watched the combines come in ones and twos to cut the wheat down with giant headers. I’ve listened to the semi’s thunder up and down the roads to the grain elevators. I’ve watched the heavy trucks put pot holes in the asphalt like they do every year. I’ve watched the stubble fires burn the fields black and ready the land for planting. I have watched all this with disinterested eyes like reruns from the ‘70’s. I think it was a good crop this year, but I couldn’t say for sure. So much my mind was somewhere else, I really didn’t bother. I didn’t bother to gather stray stalks to put in a vase on the porch. My only interaction with harvest was passing combine caravans on the road to their next field. And admiring the color of the sunrise as it reflected off the fields. Other than that it did not penetrate my peripheral. Strange to have that feeling of being here, and yet, not really going there. Just passing through unencumbered, uninspired. LGR©7/9/17 |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Ah, Lori, you have things much more pressing on your mind these days than "The Wheat Harvest of '17." ~ If they give you ruled paper, write sideways. ~ |
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Lori Grosser Rhoden Member Patricius
since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202Fair to middlin' of nowhere |
Yes, it seems to be holding my mind hostage. Hopefully it will be over soon. ~L |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
I'm sure hoping it will be over soon, my friend. ~ If they give you ruled paper, write sideways. ~ |
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Poet In Pink Senior Member Posts 1066 MI |
Dear Lori Belle I agree with Jerry ~ You've much bigger fish to fry than the wheat harvest. I've never had the pleasure of seeing it before ~ I thank you for the picture you painted in my mind through your word art  Alana |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
fine writing...james |
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Lori Grosser Rhoden Member Patricius
since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202Fair to middlin' of nowhere |
Thanks James! |
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Cerulean Member Posts 109 |
Lori, I like the scenery you paint, even though you weren't into it this year. I know for sure that if I was there, I'd watch with fascination for a day or two or more! |
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Lori Grosser Rhoden Member Patricius
since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202Fair to middlin' of nowhere |
Had I not grown up around it all my life I might find it fascinating too! thanks for your kind comments! ~L |
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jwesley Member Rara Avis
since 2000-04-30
Posts 7563Spring, Texas |
Thinking back a few days, maybe it was "School days, school days . . . " on your mind... j. |
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