Thursday, March 4, 2010

Hands of the Farmer

Hands of the farmer
stir the earth
with cutting plow and disk,
then add a bit of
seasoned seed
to brew a harvest feat.
With cultivated expertise
he thus combines the toil
(ingredient of time and rhyme)
to fabricate the soil.
Never could a labor claim
more kinship with the earth
than hands that yield from
fallowed field
the essence of its worth.


Grandma Proses
Shirley A. Bender
Copyright © 1985
'Hands of the Farmer' set to music...
Composed by Laurie Stonerock

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