Old Barn On Treaty Road Oakhill Kansas
by PainterArtist FIN
Title
Old Barn On Treaty Road Oakhill Kansas
Artist
PainterArtist FIN
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
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Old barns like this don’t fall down in a day
Neglect, storms and the dreaded beetle
Eat away at the rafters
Piecemeal.
But rafters can be repaired
Their ends scarfed
As they live to fight another day.
Seasons-old timber can be replaced
Hewn from heavy lumber
Its willing labourers weary
So swiftly drafted in
That long collaborative summer
Even that fire with the scorching, burning straw
Singed this wall but could not defeat.
Its occupants safely evacuated
What a flutter from the hens that night
The crooked gambrel roof
The painted red-and-white trim
The hayloft bursting with wholesome grain
Signs that should say home
And all are safe within
And in this corner,
A faded blue overall
Muddy, streaked and torn
Forgotten until now
And yet forever precious
Poem THE BARN by Julie Rosenfield at wordpress.com
Art photo © by FIN at wholisticartsschool.com
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June 27th, 2013
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