this farm is home base
where i work (if i write,
do i shirk?) don’t ask the
farmer loaded questions;
i’m the farmHer who finds
sweet poetry in life on our
iowa farm, where tall corn
grows, and calves are born
(my poems are calved too)
placental in messy straw.
low mooing of cattle and
hum of machinery drones
on…in rich bass, solid tones
of this daily symphony as
poetry sings higher notes of
melody in quiet moments,
green fields, open space
discovering my place
…oh, gotta go do chores!
Linking to dVerse Poets where Gina hosts poetics tonight…
a poem in my pocket 
Mar 21, 2019 @ 17:15:50
I love how your farm work/ life is your background. It is rich with sounds and imagery of creatures and nature.
Mar 21, 2019 @ 19:17:30
It is a rich environment…thanks for your comment, Grace 🙂
Mar 21, 2019 @ 12:42:24
“poetry sings higher notes of
melody in quiet moments,
green fields, open space
discovering my place”
This is splendid, Lynn. I loved reading it!
Mar 21, 2019 @ 19:18:07
So glad you enjoyed it, Sara!
Mar 20, 2019 @ 21:04:22
This is great Lynn. I spent five of the best summers of my live on my uncle’s Pennsylvania dairy farm when I was a teenager. I can hear the farm humming behind your words. Well done.
Mar 20, 2019 @ 21:48:50
Thank you very much, Dwight 🙂
Mar 20, 2019 @ 15:51:21
Poems being calved. What a lovely image!
Mar 20, 2019 @ 17:42:40
Thanks, Jane.
Mar 20, 2019 @ 15:47:23
I think a poet needs something else… I think farming is a perfect place to be for writing…
Mar 20, 2019 @ 17:43:20
A place of poetic fodder 😉
Mar 20, 2019 @ 12:31:31
What could be more poetic Lynn, than to be hands on with bringing forth life in the cycle of birth, life, death, and renewal. The family who adopted me came from an agricltural birth right. My wife’s family are cattle ranchers and horse breeders. There is such grace and beauty in what they do. Wonderful fodder for a writer.
Mar 20, 2019 @ 17:45:34
Yes…roots in the earth. Thanks for your comment, Rob!
Mar 20, 2019 @ 10:37:53
It would seem your life has rewards in both experience and words.
Mar 20, 2019 @ 10:43:26
Definitely…thanks, Ken.
Mar 20, 2019 @ 09:36:45
Nice line: “(my poems are calved too)”
Mar 20, 2019 @ 10:43:52
Glad you like it!
Mar 20, 2019 @ 04:36:22
I’ve never lived on an actual farm but I did live in a farmhouse in Ireland and now I live in a village surrounded by farmers’ fields. I love the idea of poems being calved, Lynn, and the background sound of cattle mooing and machinery humming ‘in rich bass, solid tones / of this daily symphony’ with poetry singing the melody!
Mar 20, 2019 @ 07:01:43
Thank you so much, Kim…you get the picture! I love farmhouses 🙂
Mar 20, 2019 @ 03:30:52
I’m many years from the soothing sound of lowing cattle , but your words took me home again. Thank you!
Mar 20, 2019 @ 07:04:06
Glad to stir those memories…cows are amazing creatures 🙂
Mar 20, 2019 @ 02:33:32
And now that’s what you get from a farmHer . A lovely piece of poetry. 🙂
Mar 20, 2019 @ 07:04:35
Thanks, Maria!
Mar 20, 2019 @ 01:57:49
You have rich soil for growing poetry. Soul food!
Mar 20, 2019 @ 07:05:13
Yes…I believe you’re right, thank you!
Mar 19, 2019 @ 23:53:45
oh love your play of words and creating new ones, your farm life sounds rich and rewarding, it has the sweet hum of nurturing and blessings
Mar 20, 2019 @ 07:06:42
Farming can also be dirty and discouraging…but prayer and poetry help lift me up 🙂
Mar 19, 2019 @ 23:17:26
Love it. If poetry flows through your life as easily as this verse than you have the best of both worlds.
Mar 20, 2019 @ 07:07:24
Thank you…I think I’ve found my niche!
Mar 20, 2019 @ 11:16:23
I think you have!