2010 Agrarian Haiku Entries Adult Category

This adult category is for people who are 18 years old and older. And, as of August 25, I have changed the rules so that this adult category also includes the teen category (ages 13 to 17).

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Nature turns to gold
The harvest yields its treasures
God's rich gifts to us.

Lee Fenstermacher
South Carolina

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Tonic from a spoon
in my mother's hands, coarse from
lye and prayers for rain

Marleis Browning (age 17)
Canada

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shady cage woven
o'er my head- parching stalks bow
and whisper to swath

Marleis Browning (age 17)
Canada

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Rust smears across
my cheek to pull my gaze from
Uncle's spade to sky

Marleis Browning (age 17)
Canada

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a garden lantern
amidst the flowers wafting
fragrance in the night

Tomislav Maretic
Croatia

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the newly mown lawn—
a butterfly alighting
on a spared coltsfoot

Tomislav Maretic
Croatia

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the snake appearing—
young asparagus is no
longer attractive

Tomislav Maretic
Croatia

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poppies in the corn-
on the old shaking wagon
a group of reapers

Krzysztof Kokot
POLAND

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Frosty night again—
the chirping of the cricket
behind the old stove

Maria Tirenescu
Romania

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Drizzle in the morn—
from the old trembling poplar
falling the last leaf

Maria Tirenescu
Romania

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Between thunder claps -
the eggs under hatching hen
start cracking by turns

Ciobica Cezar-Florin
Pennsylvania

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Halloween party -
in the pumpkin's grinning mouth
grandfather's denture

Ciobica Cezar-Florin
Romania

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Munching on fresh grass
Eyeing up greener pastures
Chasing cows back home

Holly Panazzi
Pennsylvania

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Take care of the soil.
Soil of all our beginnings.
Soil of our resting.

Earl Yeager
Ohio

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The sunnyside way
as seeds take root and prosper.
We reap what we sow

Elizabeth Meggs
New York

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The farm children sleep
beneath patterned quilt orchards
dreaming fresh peaches

Elizabeth Meggs
New York

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Squirrels fattening
And storing away their nuts
Winter's not far off.

Macy Fout (age 13)

Ohio

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The trees are stirring
The gold and red leaves flutter
In the soft, light, breeze.

Macy Fout (age 13)

Ohio

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The roosters crowing
Up early in the morning
The new day begins.

Macy Fout (age 13)

Ohio

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pumpkins get playful
basketball is hard for them
but they really try

Carol Denney
California

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barking in the fog
herds the bells in the pasture
back to the village

Tomislav Maretic
Croatia

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Cat dreams of the ball-
through the waters blood red glass
sun draws the last line.

Gabriela Galban
Romania

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The climbing ivy
on the house of the farmer -
a vestige of light.

Iuian Ciupitu
Romania

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The playful spring wind
through the branches of orchard -
a scarf as a gift.

Iulian Ciupitu
Romania

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In the noon's temple
the thresher tied sheaf of ears -
golden chandelier.

Iulian Ciupitu
Romania

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sunrise with coffee
Chores will wait with the chickens
Pause then rush of life.

David Proudfoot
West Virginia

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Grandpas Ex Libris-
the plants still intensely smells
in herbarium

Krzysztof Kokot
Poland

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It rains cats and dogs
gone hill forest - clearing
...houses on valley

Gheorghe POSTELNICU STOPS
Romania

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Soldiers in cornfield
browsing but not any crop-
black box crashed MIG search

Gheorghe POSTELNICU STOPS
Romania

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My green garden crashed
malpractice surgery crime-
fen crickets roots lunch

Gheorghe POSTELNICU STOPS
Romania

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granny and grandpa
joyfully swinging the swing
into the spring sky

Sasa Vazic
Serbia

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line of vehicles
dotted with family eyes--
country fair in sight

Sasa Vazic
Serbia

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watermelon patch
I let the weathered scarecrow
try on my straw hat

Darrell Lindsey
Texas

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moonless fall evening
my old nearsighted hound dog
spooked by the scarecrow

Paul Gross
Maine

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Bring the harvest in,
Grateful for God's abundance,
Jars lined up on shelves.

Gina Martin
Pennsylvania

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summer afternoon
my roadside mailbox full of
honeysuckle scent

Paul Gross
Maine

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hay bales in the barn
father and son walking home
for their cold supper

Darrell Lindsey
Texas

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Sweet-smelling hayfields
Lining the well-traveled road
Beckon me homeward.

Lee Fenstermacher
South Carolina

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The husbandman's hands
Worked, curled, and tempered with time
Like a change of heart.

Rob Kibbe
New Jersey

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approaching the rows
of watermelon thumpers
a riper sunset

Darrell Lindsey
Texas

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First peach of summer
Golden anticipation
Juice drips off elbows.

Gina Martin
Pennsylvania

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Round the hillside barn
Not overpowered by greed
He and oxen work.

Rob Kibbe
New Jersey

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warm humid twilight
loud thunder scares the children
dodging lightening bugs

Paul Gross
Maine

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Dancing in garden
Mud squeezes between bare toes,
Simple childhood joys.

Gina Martin
Pennsylvania

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a wave of poppies
breaking through the sunny field—
roar of a donkey

Ljubomir Dragovic
Bosnia and Herzegovina

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within town hidden
a quiet little orchard
brings autumn cider

Clark Ward
Georgia

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Farming Devotion
To teach tradition and faith
Morals to pass down

Lanie House
Alabama

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the field picked by men
and then sown with hundred of
these merry sparrows

Dragan J. Ristic
Serbia

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chirp of a cricket—
the first dusk falling into
a net of shadows

Ljubomir Dragovic
Bosnia and Herzegovina

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One thing grows the best,
when given the countryside.
That is our children.

Mary Mitchell
Indiana

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Beautiful black soil
A gift from God to provide
Thank you for this life

Jill Gabli
North Carolina

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My hot tears conceived
the tormenting sleeplessness
or the noble dew?

Delia Smaranda Tertan
Romania

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Neighbors are nice,
but I think I would rather,
have some goats instead.

Mary Mitchell
Indiana

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Above frozen fields
perfume of roses wasted.
Hourglass breaking...

Delia Smaranda Tertan
Romania

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Is it too cold yet
for four teeming hens to lay
just two eggs this morn?

Lori Hobkirk
Colorado

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the farmer looks at
the ripe mustard yellow waves
his wife laughs at him

Radhey Shiam
India

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When the sun shines bright,
and the garden starts to grow,
winter's blight will fade.

Mary Mitchell
Indiana

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misty horizon
the beaks of geese pass along
a wandering path

Ljubomir Dragovic
Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Missing his mother
a nun knocked on heaven's door.
It's cold on the earth.

Delia Smaranda Tertan
Romania

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fluffy calico
washes, pounces, zips through house,
curls up in my lap.

Julie Kibbe
New Jersey

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Crisp autumn morning,
bright sunrise, blazing colors,
leaves crunch underfoot.

Julie Kibbe
New Jersey

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resting on the farm
the farmer waits for his wife
bringing his tiffin

Radhey Shiam
India

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Day is nearing dusk. 
Milk cow, gather eggs, clean barn.
God gives all good things.

Julie Kibbe
New Jersey

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a farmer enjoys
pure oneness with the nature
with plough in his hands

Radhey Shiam
India

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Lofty bean poles down
Higher palisade needed
Girl goats in garden.

Venessa Elhenicky
North Carolina

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Liquid nectar falls
Sweet aroma fills the air
This is the good life

Casey Schillinger
Texas

(photo by Casey Schillinger)

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potato harvest...
the socialist leftover
cooked at exhaust pipe.

Zinovy Vayman
the USSR

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Daddy, son shooting
Blue eyes, pigtails,"Gun please sir?"
Pink gun next town trip.

Vanessa Elhenicky
North Carolina

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A pining for land
Cut reliance on Big Ag
And care for my kin

Casey Schillinger
Texas

(photo by Casey Schillinger)

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Japanese orchard:
each apple—still on the branch—
wrapped in thin paper

Zinovy Vayman
the USSR

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watchful red rooster
strutting proudly around girls
avoiding long spurs

Spark Carranza
California

(photo by Spark Carranza)

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chicken killing day
squawking heads, feathers flying
meat in the freezer

Abigail Craig
California

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The sunflower smiles
As she is kissed by the sun
And warmed to the heart.

Cody Hahn (age 18)
Texas

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Lonely black road curves.
Light coming around the bend.
Surely someone known.

Glenn Garson
Texas

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As I watch the steer
Fore it's sent to the butcher
I can taste the steaks.

Payton Hahn (age 16)
Texas

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golden buttercups
dot green fields of placid cows
making creamy milk

Abigail Craig
California

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The trees are all bare.
The provisions are all stored.
Praises be to God.

Cody Hahn (age 18)
Texas

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Night in quiet woods.
Cow bell rings a few flat tones.
There you are old girl.

Glenn Garson
Texas

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Magnolias unfold.
Melons ripen in the field.
Summer surrounds us.

Bill Hahn
Texas

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The days are shorter.
The nights are getting colder.
We need some firewood.

Payton Hahn (age 16)
Texas

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collective pig farm
Soviet Swine—served at lunch--
we refuse to eat

Zinovy Vayman
the USSR

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Spider on her web.
She runs behind rusted tools.
The wind shuts the door.

Glenn Garson
Texas

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pumpkins, corn and beans
the Indian three sisters
a harvest dinner

Abigail Craig
California

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Redtails soar above
The Barred Rocks in the meadow
As the cattle graze.

Bill Hahn
Texas

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Scottish Highland Cows
on a cold winter morning
blanketed in white

Michelle Shean
Vermont

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dusty country lane—
asters lift their heads to wave
at a passing truck

Temple Cone
Maryland

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Working on her farm
City girl now in Vermont
My alarm clock moos

Michelle Shean
Vermont

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I teach my daughter
to tie a hook with the knot
my father taught me

Temple Cone
Maryland

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Walking to the barn
Rimed grass crunches with each step
Geese fly overhead

Jacqui Ehninger-Cuervo
Indiana

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blisters on my palms
from chopping firewood all day—
a field of milkweed

Temple Cone
Maryland

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Old kitchen table
bursting with garden harvest
Thanksgiving—what joy!

Jacqui Ehninger-Cuervo
Canada

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I look at blue skies
Sunlit leaves on maple tree
One gently falls down

Jacqui Ehninger-Cuervo
Canada

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A fierce wind has come.
The trees bend yielding to it
And are soon broken.

Caleb Hahn (age 14)
Texas

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Man, crag-sheep, sheepdog.
Wind ruffles hair, wool, and fur.
Fresh hill-farm weather.

Cathy Bryant
United Kingdom

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Pumpkins in the field
Ripening every day.
Harvest time is soon.

Zachary Hahn (age 16)
Texas

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Sunset gilds the fields.
End of a long day. Reward:
Honest life. A home.

Cathy Bryant
United Kingdom

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Up atop a hill
Deer are browsing in the woods.
Go grab my rifle.

Zachary Hahn (age 16)
Texas

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Downy cover white
blankets my garden bed
Sleep till spring awakes

Cindy Dougherty
New York

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The red rooster crowed
And the sun rose in the sky
When bright morning came.

Caleb Hahn (age 14)
Texas

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Rosey blooms long gone
Leaves flame orange and crackle
Crystal moons sail in

Cindy Dougherty
New York

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Night peepers crooning
from the green basin of time
Primavera's Song

Cindy Dougherty
New York

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Beyond the green hills
Flowed the narrow, swift river
Into fields of corn.

Caleb Hahn (age 14)
Texas

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Too much money spent
Fancy scalder heats too slow
Dad is not happy

Jennifer Walley
Missouri

[Note: the disappointing scalder was not a Whizbang scalder]

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The air is frigid.
All the leaves are on the ground.
Fall is upon us.

Zachary Hahn (age 16)
Texas

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The coyotes will howl
When the moon shines bright and full.
Lock up the chickens.

Bill Hahn
Texas

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Redtails soar above.
The Barred Rocks in the meadow
As the cattle graze.

Bill Hahn
Texas

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Work stresses me out
So I tend to my bee hives
Now I feel relieved

Fred Reck
Pennsylvania

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Free range on the farm
Bunny Fong my fav'rite hen
laughter pecks my feet.

Michelle Shean
Vermont

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The smell of the grass
The stars, cool evening breeze
The work just feels right

Fred Reck
Pennsylvania

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Roxi gives us milk.
My wife makes it into cheese.
I like to eat it!

Fred Reck
Pennsylvania

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Harvest the chickens
Whizbang! and around they go
to fill my freezer.

Cindy Kepler Reck
Pennsylvania

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after the tempest
a farmer upon his knees
unclogging a stream

Keith A, Simmonds
England

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Soft splat, rich earth smell,
the wind dances through the trees.
Fat raindrops falling.

Kaye Amend
Indiana

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a tractor droning...
distant jubilant voices
harvesting the grapes

Keith A. Simmonds
England

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Wobbly legs, stub tail,
bouncing across the pasture.
Filly's first frolic.

Kaye Amend
Indiana

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Silver harvest moon
shines amongst sister stars,
illuminates all.

Kaye Amend
Indiana

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The old farmer tills
Using the whizbang wheel hoe
While the garden grows

Allyn L. Watson
Arizona

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a cloud of crickets
in a frantic summer dance...
farmers' woes begin

Keith A. Simmonds
England

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autumn wind--
after the harvest
repairing fence rows

John Daleiden
Arizona

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Nature weeps in spring
Tears of rain bring earth to life
Joy after sorrow

Lee Fenstermacher
South Carolina

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Fields of Golden Wheat
Shimmer with Glittering Dew
Kissed by God's Dear Grace

Veronica Vatter
Pennsylvania

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The first day of school--
every child of the farmer
bringing a story

Eduard TARA
Romania

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Brothers and sisters
Sharing all their hopes and dreams
Echoing the past

Jalana Franklin
Tennessee

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A farm land for sale--
the price of the pond rising
with every frog song

Eduard TARA
Romania

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The sheep are grazing
On emerald green grasses
Getting fat and full

Sheila Baker
Ohio

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he harvests cotton
amid hovering dust clouds
the Sonoran sun

John Daleiden
Arizona

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Bountiful blessings
Alive and teeming pastures
God's awesome creation

Sheila Baker
Ohio

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Dried flowers and seeds
Blowing away in the wind
Never seen again

Jalana Franklin
Tennessee

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The first day of spring--
a farmer changes the clothes
of his old scarecrow

Eduard TARA
Romania

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sunlit golden fruit
harvest picking at its best
edible gold...yum!

Sierra Evans
Utah

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Children shout and splash
in the irrigation ditch--
fun in the warm sun

John Daleiden
Arizona

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Lazy summer days
Quickly coming to a close
Goodbye till next year

Jalana Franklin
Tennessee

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Albert and his dog
On a lazy summer day
Gathered slugs and bugs

Sheila Baker
Ohio

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Chopping tomato
Fresh from the garden outside
I'll do peppers next

Kendra Roden (age 15)
Texas

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I was helping, Goose
Next time, the gosling can die
For you bit my face

Kendra Roden (age 15)
Texas

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irrigation pond
boys playing hooky from chores
whisper in the rye

William Cullen, Jr.
New Hampshire

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a very long drought
all the extra harvest help
at church on Sunday

William Cullen, Jr.
New York

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scarecrow wearing rags
stares at the passing freight train
and leaning that way

William Cullen Jr.
New York

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Breeze Cools Sweaty Brows
Thankful for warm sunny days
This late in the year.

Ruth Millett
New Hampshire

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 Clouds roll; cover sky.
Rain is farmer's gift from God.
Showers fall like praise.

Ellyn Gibbs (15 yrs old)
Minnesota

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Scatter your seeds well.
Weed out the hard rocks and thorns
and crops will flourish.

Ellyn Gibbs (15 yrs old)
Minnesota

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Morning sunlight breaks
the dew sparkles like diamonds
nature's jewelry.

John C Smith
West Virginia

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Hammer on my thumb
making up words to cuss with
Wife just shakes her head.

John C. Smith
West Virginia

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A rooster crowing.
It brings a smile to my face.
I love my chickens!

Linda Desrochers
Vermont

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Winter dreams, Spring hope
Summer weeds, bugs, shiny pride
Fall stores— a cycle

Rick Stewart
Colorado

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Seeds planted deeply
a splash of water and light
miracle of life.

John C. Smith
West Virginia

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Yellow chicks peeping
Warm, soft, fuzzy, so tiny
Following the light.

Lisa Webster
Georgia

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Red check tablecloth
Just like on grandma's table
Days of old gone by.

Lisa Webster
Georgia

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The sun is setting.
Chickens roosting way up high.
Calling it a night.

Linda Desrochers
Vermont

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Fresh sheets in the wind
Blowing, billowing, waving
Sheets on the clothesline

Lisa Webster
Georgia

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A rooster clucking.
Something for his girls to eat.
What a gentleman.

Linda Desrochers
Vermont

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The sheep run to me.
Is it love that brings them near?
No, it's the peanuts.

Marci Blubaugh
Ohio
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(photo by Marci Blubaugh)

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Cock-a-doodle-doo
The rooster warns all of us
The sun is rising

Phillip Smyth
Michigan

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The sweaty farmer
All day with the animals
Smells like them at night

Bea Fenstermacher
South Carolina

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Eleven sheep sheared
Standing naked, wool all gone
Clothes soon and warm rugs

Christina Bluff
North Carolina

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Hens laying brown eggs
Cackle from the chicken yard
Proud of perfection

Christina Bluff
North Carolina

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Dark red orbs I see.
Tomatoes ready to pick.
Juice runs down my chin.

Marci Blubaugh
Ohio

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Dear old Jersey cow.
Sweet rich milk and cream she gives.
Cheese, Ice Cream, Butter.

Marci Blubaugh
Ohio

(photo by Marci Blubaugh)

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Chickens in the yard
Autumn harvest in the air
Chickens in the pot.

Ted Webster
Georgia

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This is so much fun
playing in the snow freezing
wow I need my coat

Tony Gonzales
California

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Kids eat all day long
Peaches, apples, plums and pears
Glad to have a farm

Angela Gonzales
California

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Our Dad is laughing
There's not a better thing to hear
While washing dishes

Angela Gonzales
California

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All play and no work
Makes Jack a no-count sluggard.
We won't swim that long.

Milton Hobbs
Georgia

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Friends comin' over...
Barbecue plate and sweet tea.
Taint nothing better.

Milton Hobbs
Georgia

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Whenever it's dry,
Water your garden with prayer.
God is wonderful.

Milton Hobbs

Georgia

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chickens in the yard
  clucking, showing off their stuff
friends who give you eggs

Juli Martin

Arizona

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Watermelon red
  Favorite summer color
Never have too  much

Elizabeth Kaiser

Nebraska

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Last light flees the sky
  I head for mom and supper
Hoe on my shoulder

Elizabeth Kaiser

Nebraska

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This year, the leek plants
  with tiny purple flowers
opened up like fireworks

Daniel Kane Rajala

British Columbia, Canada

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BARNes & Noble- Nay!
  CHICK-fil-a nor shade grown BEANS.
Fly suburban coop!

Natasha Nichols

Arizona

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My gloxinia plant

with wilting, velvet, green leaves
under marigolds now

Daniel Kane Rajala

British Columbia, Canada

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A walk on the beach
 taking a look at starfish

these are real riches

Daniel Kane Rajala

British Columbia, Canada

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Wheat and tares persist
 Grid lock amplified, anger.
 Hope restored in fields.

Mike Nichols

Arizona

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farmer faces chore

take inventory of sheep
without nodding off

Scott Kelland

Ontario, Canada

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Blueberries in Maine
Harvesting season's bounty
Summer in a jar

Michelle Berger

Maine

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dog, best friend to man
other friends seldom ever
poop in my front yard

Scott Kelland

Ontario, Canada

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Sun peeks 'tween two trees.
I know I'm moving; it's not
Look again: Gone.

Carla Hayes

Illinois

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walking in pasture
when struck by notion, should lock
up the bull, Notion.

Scott Kelland

Ontario, Canada

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Working in the fields,
Whispering prayers for God's grace,
We plant, seed by seed.

Cindy Waitz

Texas

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Pick Delicately,
And only when fully ripe,
For I am a fig.

Cindy Waitz

Texas

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See the Sunflowers
Standing taller than the corn
Saying "Look at Me!"

Dorothy Sadowky

California

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All creation sings
Holy, holy, holy Lord!
Bring home the harvest.

Cindy Waitz

Texas

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The sky grew darker
Thunder roared, lightning flashing
Killed my only bull!

Rev. Billy E. Jacks

Georgia

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Darkness cool and moist
Cup of hot coffee in hand,
I enter the barn...

Todd Toney

Texas

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Porch swing creaks slowly
Rhythmic sound of peas snapping
Grandma is content

Todd Toney

Texas

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Dust beneath my nails
Embeds me in Creation
This from whence I came.

Ryan Powers

Arkansas

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Tailgate down, feet swing
Pick them up passing this house!
Their dogs like to chase!

Todd Toney

Texas

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Why buy store-bought milk
When I can get it myself
Right out of the cow?

Sue M. Young

Oklahoma

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Weeding the garden
Can cause my mind to wander
To thoughts of order.

Sue M. Young

Oklahoma

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Pastures rest at night
While the sheep slumber nearby
Under tall oak trees.

Sue M. Young

Oklahoma

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On one sixty-fourth
Of an acre, I planted
My independence!

Daniel G. MacNeal

Maryland

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Bouncing Clattering
First pass with the sulky plow
Avocation sings

Daniel G. MacNeal

Maryland

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Tragedy marked by
Lingering luminescence
Firefly Windshield Splat

Daniel G. MacNeal

Maryland

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Beautiful Pastures
Where animals graze and play
Such serenity

Toni McCauley

New Jersey

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Berries on the briar
Sweat dripping into my eyes
Jelly one me two

Kenny Brewer

Ohio

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Rooster's a crowin'
Cock a doodle do, he says.
Time to start the day.

Pauline Longmoore

Georgia

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Hens hold your feathers!
The Whizbang clucker plucker
robs you of your clothes.

Pauline Longmoore

Georgia

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Sunflowers swaying
Faces basking in the rays
Bees tickling flowers

George Watson

Arizona

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Unfold before me
Yards of rich, loamy fabric
I'll sow something fine

Lisa Bolster

Florida

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On the front porch swing

The old Farmer's Almanac
Keeps me company.

Paulina Longmoore

Georgia

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Bees forage flowers
Loading gold from the visits
Bounty to the hive

George Watson

Arizona

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Skunks roam far and wide
Young trailing dutifully
Not again poor dog

Dave Hartley

Nevada

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A freshly caught trout

Tomatoes warmed by the Son

Summer must be here

Dave Hartley

Nevada

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The seeds that we sow
The rewards that nature gives
For us to enjoy

Toni McCauley

New Jersey

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The bounty of work
With a loving hand prepared
A soul's true delight

Dave Hartley

Nevada

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Oil-slicks on wet streets
My side gate's a portal to
Solace in tilled soil

Lisa Bolster

Florida

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Sparkling jars in rows
cooling on the countertop
such beautiful food

Dawn Curtis

Arkansas

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God's times and seasons
wait not for man's convenience—
Keep up if you can.

Dawn Curtis

Arkansas

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Roosters go courting,
a puffin' and a crowin'
while the hens chuckle.

Dawn Curtis

Arkansas

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Our kids love to grow
Excitement they understand
Seed time and harvest

Richard Samples

Texas

 
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Yes---you can do it
Pluck your chicks with the whiz-bang
It makes it easy.

Richard Samples

Texas

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Our best garden yet
kept weed free with daily work
The plants perform so.

Richard Samples

Texas

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Till the soil by hand
Nurture the seedling daily
Reaping the bounty

Michael Powell

Kentucky

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Seed of life growing
Field of harvest plentiful
Spirit faith water

Michael Powell

Kentucky

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To God be glory
Man's impossibilities
Without the One, none.

Michael Powell

Kentucky

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The smell of hot dust
With faint backnotes of stinkbug
Eau d-tomato

Georgiaberry Mobley

Arkansas

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The grass keeps growing.
Ruminants could eat their fill,
If I had a fence

Georgiaberry Mobley

Arkansas

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Ahead in the road
Tawny baby with white spots
Brings me to a stop.

Herrick Kimball

New York

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The fluffy baby
Nestled in his mother's nest
Keeps his mouth open.

Donald Moyer

Pennsylvania

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The pack was open
The furrow was freshly dug
Let me drop the seeds.

Donald Moyer

Pennsylvania
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The kite was flying
The shiny key on the tail
Waiting for the storm.

Donald Moyer

Pennsylvania
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Barns have mice galore
Cats like to eat lots of mice
Mice make more kittens

Chris Baker

California
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Tractors pull the plow
Horse and oxen used to do
Fertilize they don't

Chris Baker

California
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Hats are fun to wear
They shade my face from the sun
No sunburn for me.

Chris Baker

California
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Scythe sings quietly
Cutting dewy morning hay
Birds pick up the tune

Wayne Seidl

Maine
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Whizbang softly whirrs
My family thanks Herrick
Easy plucking now

Wayne Seidl

Maine
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Hunting owl blinking
Watching in the full moon's light
Mice are not safe now

Wayne Seidl

Maine
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Wee four-biddy coop
Cities don't permit fresh eggs
Mom yearns for a farm

Lisa Bolster

Florida
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Beautiful EE
Warm green feet rest on my wrist
A bird, yet my friend.

Thomas Ague

Illinois
(EE is an "Easter Egger" hen)

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Cucumber slices
Fresh from my summer garden
Crisp juicy goodness

Michelle Kercheval

Arkansas

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A hard row to hoe
Is but a common refrain
Until you have one

Michelle Kercheval

Arkansas
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Tire swing hangs limply
From the old hickory branch
Waiting for her still

Michelle Kercheval

Arkansas

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Moving the tractor
Well worth all of the effort
Hens enjoy fresh greens

Thomas Ague

Illinois

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Tiny twirlers leap
Boldly into verdant air,
A forest follows

Robert Harrison

Michigan

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Sun dappled leaves shade
A drowsing gardener below;
Weeds grow unopposed.

Robert Harrison

Michigan

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Awash with gold flame
Autumnal fireworks drift down,
Bittersweet farewell

Robert Harrison

Michigan

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Farmhouse kitchen morn
Cookstove fire warms bread and friends
Snow blows cold outside

Scott Alexander

Pennsylvania

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Summer sun awakes
Garden kissed by morning dew
Reaching for the sky

Scott Alexander

Pennsylvania

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Backyard trees grow full
Fruit hangs low on laden limbs
Eager to be picked

Scott Alexander

Pennsylvania

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Spring in my garden.
Hope and faith join the dark soil,
As I plant small seeds.

Herrick Kimball

New York

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The thumb, juicy orange,

looks under green leaves for more

potato bug eggs. 

 Herrick Kimball

New York