Farm workers

Dave BontaContemplative

out on the farm we see the weight of the present

take pains to deserve a bit of rain

green as the sea having spent hours killing

Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Monday 9 October 1665.

Dave Bonta
SourceLicence:CC BY-SA 4.0
Mood:
Contemplative
Topics:
rain, sea, work, farm

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