Poetry Passages 147: "The Hay Rake" by Kate Barnes

"The Hay Rake" by Kate Barnes (1932 - 2013), from Where the Deer Were (David R. Godine, Publisher; 1994).
Read by Clifford Rames.
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[@melanielee8754]

Beautiful. Thanks, Clifford.

[@joekennedy4662]

Thanks for this one, Cliff. I live in a small village in SE Michigan, surrounded by fields of soybeans, corn and wheat. The growing season seems to go on forever and by early Autumn you wonder if the time for harvest will ever come. Then, suddenly, a couple of weeks ago, the combines were in the fields, sometimes into the night, and the grain elevators in town were humming constantly with farm trucks coming in full and leaving empty. It's a setting that's like a parable on life and l wouldn't trade it for the world. Thanks again for sharing. As you go along, each video is like a work of art.

[@TheSentimentalist]

What a setting. Oooops coupla meanings there. Clifford can even orchestrate the sun. Oh yes what an a heart-full autumn harvest poem. Thank ye! 🎃❤️🎃