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Hay Sonnet
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Hay Sonnet |
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kayjay Member Elite
since 2002-06-24
Posts 2015Oregon |
Hay sonnet The trucks and trailers gather ‘midst the smell Of new-mown hay that bales up so well. While silos, fences and a curious cow Give watch to us who gather at hill’s brow. “There’s 40 to the ton” the farmer calls. We’ll count 600 up as night befalls . The axles’ creaks are mingled sounds of work As muscle groans give way to toss and jerk. The women mostly drive but one stands high, Among the bales stacked beside her thigh. She trades coarse jokes and sets the weighty bale. The old men toil most, defy life’s jail. Each bale, scratch by scratch, and one by one, Fills up the straining barn, our day is done. |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
Ken, it sounds like you are one of the farming neighbors I watched the past few days near the horse barn, harvesting baling and stacking those yellowed bales 7 high! LOL, in the barn, a 4-high stack is way too high for me, I'm only 5'3" Come to think of it, a pancake 4-high stack is too high too!  enjoyed the write, the snapshot of the stacking womanmy new poem talks about the fields, as they sing of color, as they shout van Gogh /pip/Forum90/HTML/000227.html |
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Ratleader
since 2003-01-23
Posts 7026Visiting Earth on a Guest Pass |
Oh yes.... though that 40 to the ton depends who's driving the bailer...the hay crew who get paid by the bale, or the farmer who has to pay 'em.....! You've got me remembering... /pip/Forum64/HTML/000717.html ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸ ¸¸ºº> ~~~(¸¸ER¸¸ºº> |
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Kahlil Senior Member
since 2003-04-12
Posts 1881 |
AAAAAA-CHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! love to see those beautiful bales out in the fields from a distance, and I appreciate the hard work, but I have to drive on by! ~K~ |
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kayjay Member Elite
since 2002-06-24
Posts 2015Oregon |
Kacy, Thanks for stopping by and the referral to your "Palette". Actually I'm a retired school teacher who helps a friend now and then. It was a great day. Through rubble and trouble and dark of night |
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kayjay Member Elite
since 2002-06-24
Posts 2015Oregon |
RL and Kahlil: Thank you for your comments too. There is something about a hayfield that all can connect to in some way. KJ Through rubble and trouble and dark of night |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Ken I can imagine this, especially the fregrance of the hay and all that intense labor in the sun. It feels like a slice of life from another time. Well done! |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Ah, the square bale is a missing part of our history now. We have the big round bales [and trust me, you need a tractor with a bale fork...] But the cows and bulls eat from 'em just the same... It's good summer work...and a way to stay in touch with one's roots... and earn one of the most honest of all dollars... Well done, Sir. |
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Enchantress Member Empyrean
since 2001-08-14
Posts 35113Canada eh. |
Love this Ken... You sure brought back a lot of memories of staying out on the family farm. Love the smell of fresh hay... This is wonderful..a keeper for sure. ~Hugs & Smiles, Nancy~ ~Somewhere in my heart I'm always |
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Marge Tindal
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Ken~ This is just so vividly wonderful~ I felt almost as though I could frame the word-picture~ *Huglets*  ~*Marge*~ ~*When the heart grieves over what it has lost, |
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iliana Member Patricius
since 2003-12-05
Posts 13434USA |
That was a beautiful poem about hard work! Made me remember my growing up on the farm. Hard work, mostly good memories. Enjoyed! .....jo |
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Nightshade
since 2001-08-31
Posts 13962just out of reach |
Really enjoyed this write Ken. Well done! Chris  Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale. |
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garysgirl
since 2002-09-29
Posts 19237Florida, USA |
Ken, sounds like you had fun in the pasture. LOL I love to read your rhymes no matter the subject. This one reminded me of the fields around here where I live. there are cows and horses all around here. Hugs, Ethel |
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