Black-and-white cows
he opens the barn door
to a sky of stars
So cold so clear . . .
how many steps from here
to Orion
Hungry
the kitchen table laid
with seed catalogs
Sink-full of dishes
kitchen walls streaked pink
by sunrise
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| Grandchildren in the farm kitchen, Spring 1998 |
Winter kitchen -
rereading the newspaper
before it feeds the fire
Snow on the road
on the fields, on the branches . . .
on the cardinal
p.s. "Farm Song" is still a work-in-progress, with more complications and more interruptions than I could have imagined.
c.p.
