Nature turns to gold
The harvest yields its treasures
God's rich gifts to us.
Lee Fenstermacher
South Carolina
=:::=
Tonic from a spoon
in my mother's hands, coarse from
lye and prayers for rain
Marleis Browning (age 17)
Canada
=:::=
shady cage woven
o'er my head- parching stalks bow
and whisper to swath
Marleis Browning (age 17)
Canada
=:::=
Rust smears across
my cheek to pull my gaze from
Uncle's spade to sky
Marleis Browning (age 17)
Canada
=:::=
a garden lantern
amidst the flowers wafting
fragrance in the night
Tomislav Maretic
Croatia
=:::=
the newly mown lawn—
a butterfly alighting
on a spared coltsfoot
Tomislav Maretic
Croatia
=:::=
the snake appearing—
young asparagus is no
longer attractive
Tomislav Maretic
Croatia
=:::=
poppies in the corn-
on the old shaking wagon
a group of reapers
Krzysztof Kokot
POLAND
=:::=
Frosty night again—
the chirping of the cricket
behind the old stove
Maria Tirenescu
Romania
=:::=
Drizzle in the morn—
from the old trembling poplar
falling the last leaf
Maria Tirenescu
Romania
=:::=
Between thunder claps -
the eggs under hatching hen
start cracking by turns
Ciobica Cezar-Florin
Pennsylvania
=:::=
Halloween party -
in the pumpkin's grinning mouth
grandfather's denture
Ciobica Cezar-Florin
Romania
=:::=
Munching on fresh grass
Eyeing up greener pastures
Chasing cows back home
Holly Panazzi
Pennsylvania
=:::=
Take care of the soil.
Soil of all our beginnings.
Soil of our resting.
Earl Yeager
Ohio
=::=
The sunnyside way
as seeds take root and prosper.
We reap what we sow
Elizabeth Meggs
New York
=:::=
The farm children sleep
beneath patterned quilt orchards
dreaming fresh peaches
Elizabeth Meggs
New York
=:::=
Squirrels fattening
And storing away their nuts
Winter's not far off.
Macy Fout (age 13)
Ohio
=::=
The trees are stirring
The gold and red leaves flutter
In the soft, light, breeze.
Macy Fout (age 13)
Ohio
=::=
The roosters crowing
Up early in the morning
The new day begins.
Macy Fout (age 13)
Ohio
=::=
pumpkins get playful
basketball is hard for them
but they really try
Carol Denney
California
=:::=
barking in the fog
herds the bells in the pasture
back to the village
Tomislav Maretic
Croatia
=:::=
Cat dreams of the ball-
through the waters blood red glass
sun draws the last line.
Gabriela Galban
Romania
=:::=
The climbing ivy
on the house of the farmer -
a vestige of light.
Iuian Ciupitu
Romania
=:::=
The playful spring wind
through the branches of orchard -
a scarf as a gift.
Iulian Ciupitu
Romania
=:::=
In the noon's temple
the thresher tied sheaf of ears -
golden chandelier.
Iulian Ciupitu
Romania
=:::=
sunrise with coffee
Chores will wait with the chickens
Pause then rush of life.
David Proudfoot
West Virginia
=:::=
Grandpas Ex Libris-
the plants still intensely smells
in herbarium
Krzysztof Kokot
Poland
=:::=
It rains cats and dogs
gone hill forest - clearing
...houses on valley
Gheorghe POSTELNICU STOPS
Romania
=:::=
Soldiers in cornfield
browsing but not any crop-
black box crashed MIG search
Gheorghe POSTELNICU STOPS
Romania
=:::=
My green garden crashed
malpractice surgery crime-
fen crickets roots lunch
Gheorghe POSTELNICU STOPS
Romania
=:::=
granny and grandpa
joyfully swinging the swing
into the spring sky
Sasa Vazic
Serbia
=:::=
line of vehicles
dotted with family eyes--
country fair in sight
Sasa Vazic
Serbia
=:::=
watermelon patch
I let the weathered scarecrow
try on my straw hat
Darrell Lindsey
Texas
=:::=
moonless fall evening
my old nearsighted hound dog
spooked by the scarecrow
Paul Gross
Maine
=:::=
Bring the harvest in,
Grateful for God's abundance,
Jars lined up on shelves.
Gina Martin
Pennsylvania
=:::=
summer afternoon
my roadside mailbox full of
honeysuckle scent
Paul Gross
Maine
=:::=
hay bales in the barn
father and son walking home
for their cold supper
Darrell Lindsey
Texas
=:::=
Sweet-smelling hayfields
Lining the well-traveled road
Beckon me homeward.
Lee Fenstermacher
South Carolina
=:::=
The husbandman's hands
Worked, curled, and tempered with time
Like a change of heart.
Rob Kibbe
New Jersey
=:::=
approaching the rows
of watermelon thumpers
a riper sunset
Darrell Lindsey
Texas
=:::=
First peach of summer
Golden anticipation
Juice drips off elbows.
Gina Martin
Pennsylvania
=:::=
Round the hillside barn
Not overpowered by greed
He and oxen work.
Rob Kibbe
New Jersey
=:::=
warm humid twilight
loud thunder scares the children
dodging lightening bugs
Paul Gross
Maine
=:::=
Dancing in garden
Mud squeezes between bare toes,
Simple childhood joys.
Gina Martin
Pennsylvania
=:::=
a wave of poppies
breaking through the sunny field—
roar of a donkey
Ljubomir Dragovic
Bosnia and Herzegovina
=:::=
within town hidden
a quiet little orchard
brings autumn cider
Clark Ward
Georgia
=:::=
Farming Devotion
To teach tradition and faith
Morals to pass down
Lanie House
Alabama
=:::=
the field picked by men
and then sown with hundred of
these merry sparrows
Dragan J. Ristic
Serbia
=:::=
chirp of a cricket—
the first dusk falling into
a net of shadows
Ljubomir Dragovic
Bosnia and Herzegovina
=:::=
One thing grows the best,
when given the countryside.
That is our children.
Mary Mitchell
Indiana
=::=
Beautiful black soil
A gift from God to provide
Thank you for this life
Jill Gabli
North Carolina
=::=
My hot tears conceived
the tormenting sleeplessness
or the noble dew?
Delia Smaranda Tertan
Romania
=::=
Neighbors are nice,
but I think I would rather,
have some goats instead.
Mary Mitchell
Indiana
=::=
Above frozen fields
perfume of roses wasted.
Hourglass breaking...
Delia Smaranda Tertan
Romania
=::=
Is it too cold yet
for four teeming hens to lay
just two eggs this morn?
Lori Hobkirk
Colorado
=::=
the farmer looks at
the ripe mustard yellow waves
his wife laughs at him
Radhey Shiam
India
=::=
When the sun shines bright,
and the garden starts to grow,
winter's blight will fade.
Mary Mitchell
Indiana
=:::=
misty horizon
the beaks of geese pass along
a wandering path
Ljubomir Dragovic
Bosnia and Herzegovina
=:::=
Missing his mother
a nun knocked on heaven's door.
It's cold on the earth.
Delia Smaranda Tertan
Romania
=:::=
fluffy calico
washes, pounces, zips through house,
curls up in my lap.
Julie Kibbe
New Jersey
=::=
Crisp autumn morning,
bright sunrise, blazing colors,
leaves crunch underfoot.
Julie Kibbe
New Jersey
=::=
resting on the farm
the farmer waits for his wife
bringing his tiffin
Radhey Shiam
India
=::=
Day is nearing dusk.
Milk cow, gather eggs, clean barn.
God gives all good things.
Julie Kibbe
New Jersey
=::=
a farmer enjoys
pure oneness with the nature
with plough in his hands
Radhey Shiam
India
=::=
Lofty bean poles down
Higher palisade needed
Girl goats in garden.
Venessa Elhenicky
North Carolina
=::=
Liquid nectar falls
Sweet aroma fills the air
This is the good life
Casey Schillinger
Texas
(photo by Casey Schillinger)
=::=
potato harvest...
the socialist leftover
cooked at exhaust pipe.
Zinovy Vayman
the USSR
=::=
Daddy, son shooting
Blue eyes, pigtails,"Gun please sir?"
Pink gun next town trip.
Vanessa Elhenicky
North Carolina
=::=
A pining for land
Cut reliance on Big Ag
And care for my kin
Casey Schillinger
Texas
(photo by Casey Schillinger)
=::=
Japanese orchard:
each apple—still on the branch—
wrapped in thin paper
Zinovy Vayman
the USSR
=::=
watchful red rooster
strutting proudly around girls
avoiding long spurs
Spark Carranza
California
(photo by Spark Carranza)
=::=
chicken killing day
squawking heads, feathers flying
meat in the freezer
Abigail Craig
California
=::=
The sunflower smiles
As she is kissed by the sun
And warmed to the heart.
Cody Hahn (age 18)
Texas
=::=
Lonely black road curves.
Light coming around the bend.
Surely someone known.
Glenn Garson
Texas
=::=
As I watch the steer
Fore it's sent to the butcher
I can taste the steaks.
Payton Hahn (age 16)
Texas
=::=
golden buttercups
dot green fields of placid cows
making creamy milk
Abigail Craig
California
=::=
The trees are all bare.
The provisions are all stored.
Praises be to God.
Cody Hahn (age 18)
Texas
=::=
Night in quiet woods.
Cow bell rings a few flat tones.
There you are old girl.
Glenn Garson
Texas
=::=
Magnolias unfold.
Melons ripen in the field.
Summer surrounds us.
Bill Hahn
Texas
=::=
The days are shorter.
The nights are getting colder.
We need some firewood.
Payton Hahn (age 16)
Texas
=::=
collective pig farm
Soviet Swine—served at lunch--
we refuse to eat
Zinovy Vayman
the USSR
=::=
Spider on her web.
She runs behind rusted tools.
The wind shuts the door.
Glenn Garson
Texas
=::=
pumpkins, corn and beans
the Indian three sisters
a harvest dinner
Abigail Craig
California
=::=
Redtails soar above
The Barred Rocks in the meadow
As the cattle graze.
Bill Hahn
Texas
=::=
Scottish Highland Cows
on a cold winter morning
blanketed in white
Michelle Shean
Vermont
=:::=
dusty country lane—
asters lift their heads to wave
at a passing truck
Temple Cone
Maryland
=:::=
Working on her farm
City girl now in Vermont
My alarm clock moos
Michelle Shean
Vermont
=:::=
I teach my daughter
to tie a hook with the knot
my father taught me
Temple Cone
Maryland
=:::=
Walking to the barn
Rimed grass crunches with each step
Geese fly overhead
Jacqui Ehninger-Cuervo
Indiana
=:::=
blisters on my palms
from chopping firewood all day—
a field of milkweed
Temple Cone
Maryland
=:::=
Old kitchen table
bursting with garden harvest
Thanksgiving—what joy!
Jacqui Ehninger-Cuervo
Canada
=:::=
I look at blue skies
Sunlit leaves on maple tree
One gently falls down
Jacqui Ehninger-Cuervo
Canada
=:::=
A fierce wind has come.
The trees bend yielding to it
And are soon broken.
Caleb Hahn (age 14)
Texas
=:::=
Man, crag-sheep, sheepdog.
Wind ruffles hair, wool, and fur.
Fresh hill-farm weather.
Cathy Bryant
United Kingdom
=:::=
Pumpkins in the field
Ripening every day.
Harvest time is soon.
Zachary Hahn (age 16)
Texas
=:::=
Sunset gilds the fields.
End of a long day. Reward:
Honest life. A home.
Cathy Bryant
United Kingdom
=:::=
Up atop a hill
Deer are browsing in the woods.
Go grab my rifle.
Zachary Hahn (age 16)
Texas
=:::=
Downy cover white
blankets my garden bed
Sleep till spring awakes
Cindy Dougherty
New York
=:::=
The red rooster crowed
And the sun rose in the sky
When bright morning came.
Caleb Hahn (age 14)
Texas
=:::=
Rosey blooms long gone
Leaves flame orange and crackle
Crystal moons sail in
Cindy Dougherty
New York
=:::=
Night peepers crooning
from the green basin of time
Primavera's Song
Cindy Dougherty
New York
=:::=
Beyond the green hills
Flowed the narrow, swift river
Into fields of corn.
Caleb Hahn (age 14)
Texas
=:::=
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]
=:::=
The air is frigid.
All the leaves are on the ground.
Fall is upon us.
Zachary Hahn (age 16)
Texas
=:::=
The coyotes will howl
When the moon shines bright and full.
Lock up the chickens.
Bill Hahn
Texas
=:::=
Redtails soar above.
The Barred Rocks in the meadow
As the cattle graze.
Bill Hahn
Texas
=:::=
Work stresses me out
So I tend to my bee hives
Now I feel relieved
Fred Reck
Pennsylvania
=:::=
Free range on the farm
Bunny Fong my fav'rite hen
laughter pecks my feet.
Michelle Shean
Vermont
=:::=
The smell of the grass
The stars, cool evening breeze
The work just feels right
Fred Reck
Pennsylvania
=:::=
Roxi gives us milk.
My wife makes it into cheese.
I like to eat it!
Fred Reck
Pennsylvania
=:::=
Harvest the chickens
Whizbang! and around they go
to fill my freezer.
Cindy Kepler Reck
Pennsylvania
=:::=
after the tempest
a farmer upon his knees
unclogging a stream
Keith A, Simmonds
England
=:::=
Soft splat, rich earth smell,
the wind dances through the trees.
Fat raindrops falling.
Kaye Amend
Indiana
=:::=
a tractor droning...
distant jubilant voices
harvesting the grapes
Keith A. Simmonds
England
=:::=
Wobbly legs, stub tail,
bouncing across the pasture.
Filly's first frolic.
Kaye Amend
Indiana
=:::=
Silver harvest moon
shines amongst sister stars,
illuminates all.
Kaye Amend
Indiana
=:::=
Allyn L. Watson
Arizona
=:::=
a cloud of crickets
in a frantic summer dance...
farmers' woes begin
Keith A. Simmonds
England
=:::=
autumn wind--
after the harvest
repairing fence rows
John Daleiden
Arizona
=:::=
Nature weeps in spring
Tears of rain bring earth to life
Joy after sorrow
Lee Fenstermacher
South Carolina
=:::=
Fields of Golden Wheat
Shimmer with Glittering Dew
Kissed by God's Dear Grace
Veronica Vatter
Pennsylvania
=:::=
The first day of school--
every child of the farmer
bringing a story
Eduard TARA
Romania
=:::=
Brothers and sisters
Sharing all their hopes and dreams
Echoing the past
Jalana Franklin
Tennessee
=:::=
A farm land for sale--
the price of the pond rising
with every frog song
Eduard TARA
Romania
=:::=
The sheep are grazing
On emerald green grasses
Getting fat and full
Sheila Baker
Ohio
=:::=
he harvests cotton
amid hovering dust clouds
the Sonoran sun
John Daleiden
Arizona
=:::=
Bountiful blessings
Alive and teeming pastures
God's awesome creation
Sheila Baker
Ohio
=:::=
Dried flowers and seeds
Blowing away in the wind
Never seen again
Jalana Franklin
Tennessee
=:::=
The first day of spring--
a farmer changes the clothes
of his old scarecrow
Eduard TARA
Romania
=:::=
sunlit golden fruit
harvest picking at its best
edible gold...yum!
Sierra Evans
Utah
=:::=
Children shout and splash
in the irrigation ditch--
fun in the warm sun
John Daleiden
Arizona
=:::=
Lazy summer days
Quickly coming to a close
Goodbye till next year
Jalana Franklin
Tennessee
=:::=
Albert and his dog
On a lazy summer day
Gathered slugs and bugs
Sheila Baker
Ohio
=:::=
Chopping tomato
Fresh from the garden outside
I'll do peppers next
Kendra Roden (age 15)
Texas
=:::=
I was helping, Goose
Next time, the gosling can die
For you bit my face
Kendra Roden (age 15)
Texas
=:::=
irrigation pond
boys playing hooky from chores
whisper in the rye
William Cullen, Jr.
New Hampshire
=:::=
a very long drought
all the extra harvest help
at church on Sunday
William Cullen, Jr.
New York
=:::=
scarecrow wearing rags
stares at the passing freight train
and leaning that way
William Cullen Jr.
New York
=:::=
Breeze Cools Sweaty Brows
Thankful for warm sunny days
This late in the year.
Ruth Millett
New Hampshire
=:::=
Clouds roll; cover sky.
Rain is farmer's gift from God.
Showers fall like praise.
Ellyn Gibbs (15 yrs old)
Minnesota
=:::=
Scatter your seeds well.
Weed out the hard rocks and thorns
and crops will flourish.
Ellyn Gibbs (15 yrs old)
Minnesota
=:::=
Morning sunlight breaks
the dew sparkles like diamonds
nature's jewelry.
John C Smith
West Virginia
=:::=
Hammer on my thumb
making up words to cuss with
Wife just shakes her head.
John C. Smith
West Virginia
=:::=
A rooster crowing.
It brings a smile to my face.
I love my chickens!
Linda Desrochers
Vermont
=:::=
Winter dreams, Spring hope
Summer weeds, bugs, shiny pride
Fall stores— a cycle
Rick Stewart
Colorado
=:::=
Seeds planted deeply
a splash of water and light
miracle of life.
John C. Smith
West Virginia
=:::=
Yellow chicks peeping
Warm, soft, fuzzy, so tiny
Following the light.
Lisa Webster
Georgia
=:::=
Red check tablecloth
Just like on grandma's table
Days of old gone by.
Lisa Webster
Georgia
=:::=
The sun is setting.
Chickens roosting way up high.
Calling it a night.
Linda Desrochers
Vermont
=:::=
Fresh sheets in the wind
Blowing, billowing, waving
Sheets on the clothesline
Lisa Webster
Georgia
=:::=
A rooster clucking.
Something for his girls to eat.
What a gentleman.
Linda Desrochers
Vermont
=:::=
The sheep run to me.
Is it love that brings them near?
No, it's the peanuts.
(photo by Marci Blubaugh)
=:::=
Cock-a-doodle-doo
The rooster warns all of us
The sun is rising
Phillip Smyth
Michigan
=:::=
The sweaty farmer
All day with the animals
Smells like them at night
Bea Fenstermacher
South Carolina
=:::=
Eleven sheep sheared
Standing naked, wool all gone
Clothes soon and warm rugs
Christina Bluff
North Carolina
=:::=Hens laying brown eggs
Cackle from the chicken yard
Proud of perfection
Christina Bluff
North Carolina
=:::=
Dark red orbs I see.
Tomatoes ready to pick.
Juice runs down my chin.
Marci Blubaugh
Ohio
=:::=
Dear old Jersey cow.
Sweet rich milk and cream she gives.
Cheese, Ice Cream, Butter.
(photo by Marci Blubaugh)
=:::=
Chickens in the yard
Autumn harvest in the air
Chickens in the pot.
Ted Webster
Georgia
=:::=
This is so much fun
playing in the snow freezing
wow I need my coat
Tony Gonzales
California
=:::=
Kids eat all day long
Peaches, apples, plums and pears
Glad to have a farm
Angela Gonzales
California
=:::=
Our Dad is laughing
There's not a better thing to hear
While washing dishes
Angela Gonzales
California
=:::=
All play and no work
Makes Jack a no-count sluggard.
We won't swim that long.
Milton Hobbs
Georgia
=:::=
Friends comin' over...
Barbecue plate and sweet tea.
Taint nothing better.
Milton Hobbs
Georgia
=:::=
Whenever it's dry,
Water your garden with prayer.
God is wonderful.
Milton Hobbs
Georgia
=:::=
chickens in the yard
clucking, showing off their stuff
friends who give you eggs
Juli Martin
Arizona
=:::=
Watermelon red
Favorite summer color
Never have too much
Elizabeth Kaiser
Nebraska
=:::=
Last light flees the sky
I head for mom and supper
Hoe on my shoulder
Elizabeth Kaiser
Nebraska
=:::=
This year, the leek plants
with tiny purple flowers
opened up like fireworks
Daniel Kane Rajala
British Columbia, Canada
=:::=
BARNes & Noble- Nay!
CHICK-fil-a nor shade grown BEANS.
Fly suburban coop!
Natasha Nichols
Arizona
=:::=
My gloxinia plant
with wilting, velvet, green leaves
under marigolds now
Daniel Kane Rajala
British Columbia, Canada
=:::=
A walk on the beach
taking a look at starfish
these are real riches
Daniel Kane Rajala
British Columbia, Canada
=:::=
Wheat and tares persist
Grid lock amplified, anger.
Hope restored in fields.
Mike Nichols
Arizona
=:::=
farmer faces chore
take inventory of sheep
without nodding off
Scott Kelland
Ontario, Canada
=:::=
Blueberries in Maine
Harvesting season's bounty
Summer in a jar
Michelle Berger
Maine
=:::=
dog, best friend to man
other friends seldom ever
poop in my front yard
Scott Kelland
Ontario, Canada
=:::=
Sun peeks 'tween two trees.
I know I'm moving; it's not
Look again: Gone.
Carla Hayes
Illinois
=:::=
walking in pasture
when struck by notion, should lock
up the bull, Notion.
Scott Kelland
Ontario, Canada
=:::=
Working in the fields,
Whispering prayers for God's grace,
We plant, seed by seed.
Cindy Waitz
Texas
=:::=
Pick Delicately,
And only when fully ripe,
For I am a fig.
Cindy Waitz
Texas
=:::=
See the Sunflowers
Standing taller than the corn
Saying "Look at Me!"
Dorothy Sadowky
California
=:::=
All creation sings
Holy, holy, holy Lord!
Bring home the harvest.
Cindy Waitz
Texas
=:::=
The sky grew darker
Thunder roared, lightning flashing
Killed my only bull!
Rev. Billy E. Jacks
Georgia
=:::=
Darkness cool and moist
Cup of hot coffee in hand,
I enter the barn...
Todd Toney
Texas
=:::=
Porch swing creaks slowly
Rhythmic sound of peas snapping
Grandma is content
Todd Toney
Texas
=:::=
Dust beneath my nails
Embeds me in Creation
This from whence I came.
Ryan Powers
Arkansas
=:::=
Tailgate down, feet swing
Pick them up passing this house!
Their dogs like to chase!
Todd Toney
Texas
=:::=
Why buy store-bought milk
When I can get it myself
Right out of the cow?
Sue M. Young
Oklahoma
=:::=
Weeding the garden
Can cause my mind to wander
To thoughts of order.
Sue M. Young
Oklahoma
=:::=
Pastures rest at night
While the sheep slumber nearby
Under tall oak trees.
Sue M. Young
Oklahoma
=:::=
On one sixty-fourth
Of an acre, I planted
My independence!
Daniel G. MacNeal
Maryland
=:::=
Bouncing Clattering
First pass with the sulky plow
Avocation sings
Daniel G. MacNeal
Maryland
=:::=
Tragedy marked by
Lingering luminescence
Firefly Windshield Splat
Daniel G. MacNeal
Maryland
=:::=
Beautiful Pastures
Where animals graze and play
Such serenity
Toni McCauley
New Jersey
=:::=
Berries on the briar
Sweat dripping into my eyes
Jelly one me two
Ohio
=:::=
Rooster's a crowin'
Cock a doodle do, he says.
Time to start the day.
Pauline Longmoore
Georgia
=:::=
Pauline Longmoore
Georgia
=:::=
Sunflowers swaying
Faces basking in the rays
Bees tickling flowers
George Watson
Arizona
=:::=
Unfold before me
Yards of rich, loamy fabric
I'll sow something fine
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