Running Through Corn
warm, crumbly earth
rows of corn
the long leaves overlap
in front, overhead
slapping, abrading
sometimes cutting
they drag over my arms
my face
while my bare feet take me
running down the long rows
deeper and deeper
into the sun-struck green—
the field breathes dampness
into the warm air
my panting nostrils
smell the corn
sometimes cutting
they drag over my arms
my face
while my bare feet take me
running down the long rows
deeper and deeper
into the sun-struck green—
the field breathes dampness
into the warm air
my panting nostrils
smell the corn
the earth
the air—
the imprint lasts
many decades
and I run through corn
--JM
the imprint lasts
many decades
and I run through corn
--JM
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| Recent solar eclipse from NASA via Keoni. |
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| From Keoni--late night PECO blocking Ridge Road next to the farm. |
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We enjoyed this poem and description. Is that baby goat named after a Ukranian soldier, Da Vinci/Dymtro? Did I hear that right? What a nice way to honor that soldier (if I heard right). And what a beautiful capture of the eclipse!
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