This Poem was Submitted By: Regis L Chapman On Date: 2002-06-17 16:02:51 . . . Click Here To Mail this Poem to a Friend!

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Man Of The Land

a drive I have done before this old truck these same bumps make my back sore this old land subject of this prattle directed by mine and me, with these very hands owned by the dirt and cold a little for hay a lot for the cattle a tiny bit for me and mine to stay roads to separate it all from itself and earn me what little I have called wealth, in a seed sack sometimes I want to give it all back to Tim, or to time  and stop calling it all 'mine' now my old horse is gone and the stud that pleased her so but their sons live on fed with the hands of my own boys so alike we are, proud husband yet I still ride upon your dead backs you and your fairest lass the seat springs creak under my hairy ass and now I am home inside, the family torch is tended and told I am reeling, and... feeling- the sharp bite of the winds yet, just yet- I don't climb down from my throne to step past the weathered gnome- his eyes on the horizon, like some mini god of Norse and cross that bored and boarded porch clutched like a child's toy or a frown by the bushes and the thorned roses come springtime, myself or the boys will replace the creaky board with new a one or at least nail it down I am unmoved, unmoving- in a old, modern horse this lot one door opens steps cry out one door closes behind all I've got

Copyright © June 2002 Regis L Chapman

Additional Notes:
This poem was written about a vision I had about farms, farmers, and their lot. The submitted version is different than the version I had originally.


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