Saturday, January 23, 2010

Abandoned

Photo by Nedret, poem by Lin Floyd

a rusting hay rake
sits silently alone by
a forgotten barn

9 comments:

  1. Oh I love this poem as it descibes the picture so well! I love to stumble across a piece of history like this and think about what part it played in the past.

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  2. Things change so fast, and I sometimes think that it is not always progress happening. Sometimes we should go with 'If it ain't broke, don't fix it!'

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  3. These old pieces of farm equipment always bring on feelings of nostalgia.

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  4. This is really cool...both the photo and the poem!

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  5. The photo and the sentiment are lovely and make me think how out of sync I often feel with the natural world--and so dependent on my watch and the Weather Channel.

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  6. The poem and photo work so well together Lin...Sometimes I feel like an old piece of farm machinery...

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  7. The poem says it all better than I, and when I see the old hay rack I want to cry.

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  8. Since I grew up on a farm, and also my grandparents were farmers, I do tend to notice the abandoned and rusting farm equipment sitting in untended fields today. Good poem, Lin.

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  9. Mom, thanks for using my photo to your beautiful words. I am humbled..

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