Fields
FieldsThe crop of beans stretched away in smooth rows,unbroken except by the roadand the realtor's sign. "When I was your age, young'un,"said grandpa,"a field like thismeant just one thing: work."He...
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BoardFlak..Goodness knows how many times I have said this same thing"I wish I'd known thenwhat it means to me now."I ike this one alot...short but message filledDeb
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Thank you both. The older I get, the more I wish I'd known - or at least suspected - when I was young.
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I like the subtlety here.This could be read in more than one way.The plight of a small farmer in today's agra-corporation world, or more basically how we seldom recognize what we have, until we lose...
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Michael,If 'if onlys' were beans,grandpa would be a millionaire,and so would most of us. This poem expresses so well the conceptof appreciating what you had only afterit's gone. A reminder for all of...
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It has ben talked aout, sang about But it is still as new as.ever.Who needs a lot of words to put the sense of loss over? EnjoyedMaggie
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BoardflakI don't think I've ever heard this said more beautifully. The dawning of appreciation. What a wonderful write.FairEllen
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Boardflak ~You have put a lifetime of wisdom in this one, brief poem.There are subtleties here...layers of meaning that can be had for those who choose to till the soil...Haunting and very well done....
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Michael,This is a beautifully expressed poem. It touches the heart deeply. And reminds me so of my father who would always scoop a handful of the newly tilled soil, lift it to the skies above &...
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Michael, by the time we get wise it is usually far too late. This is life but I wish we could wake up a bit sooner! Great!Jared
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Thank you all for your comments and compliments. I appreciate each and every one. Jan, the memory of your father's yearly moment of thanks is a great story in itself. A poem there waiting to be...
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