I'm writing poetry this month with Mary Lee Hahn, Kevin Hodgson, Steve Peterson, and Carol Varsalona.
"Pa"
I'm grinning broad here leanin'
against the bumper of the Chevy
actually only a couple of hours before
the hard rains drowned my young seedlings
against the bumper of the Chevy
actually only a couple of hours before
the hard rains drowned my young seedlings
that night i sat on the back porch
sobbing like I did on the day my pa died.
what's a 12-year-old boy
s'posed to do without a pa?
what's a 12-year-old boy
s'posed to do without a pa?
the rivers on my cheeks
mixed with the rivers from the sky
and I couldn't decide whether
I should sell the car and buy more seed
or pack the car and move to town
get a job with a real paycheck
what's a farmer
s'posed to do without a crop?
i'm still here,
me and my car.
we made it.
another year.
(C) Carol Wilcox, 2016
and I couldn't decide whether
I should sell the car and buy more seed
or pack the car and move to town
get a job with a real paycheck
what's a farmer
s'posed to do without a crop?
i'm still here,
me and my car.
we made it.
another year.
(C) Carol Wilcox, 2016
Isn't it fun to find the story behind the picture? You found a failed crop; I found a smashed bumper.
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