Farmer seated on
his dusty quad ATV
on a dirt road
analyzing a dirt field
while we drive past
on the highway
to go shopping in the city
and speculate why
a farmer sits on his
dusty quad ATV
on a dirt road
staring at a dirt field
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Tag: farms
The Great Kansas Ocean Islands
Situated throughout a titanic-sized gold-colored sea
Huge circular contours of green plant life surface here and there
Each isle contains dark brown skeletal winter trees
evergreens standing out contentedly amongst them
No palm trees in this part of the ocean
Humans inhabit some of the larger islands
where tall, white or gray castles overshadow the dwellings
Long, stretched-out toothy reefs capture plants and flotsam
tumbling through occasional stormy waters
Signal buoys mark speeds and warnings
next to the sailing lanes, the swift moving currents
Creatures tend to leap in front of ships and boats
traveling between the isles
Not intended as a vacation paradise unless
one savors solitude, appreciates the touch of wind
enjoys the oceanic miles of free space
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Black Lace in Motion
Low black cloud
stirs above harvested field
twists swiftly one way then another
Black lace in motion
Closer look reveals
hundreds of black birds
swooping as a team
fast, hungry, wild
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