SLOW DANCE OF SUMMER

Posted on July 7, 2016 by | 3 Comments

 

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The difference between 105 and 110 degrees
is fifteen hundred gallons more each day
for a hundred head of heifers

five degrees
thirty minutes
one pint of gasoline

to keep them happy
and alive, without worry
about water—

about engine, pump or pipeline.
Grazing to and from the shade,
our twilit landscape in motion,

we know this slow dance
of summer, this plodding grace
of man and beast.

 

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3 responses to “SLOW DANCE OF SUMMER”

  1. Peter Notehelfer | July 7, 2016 at 8:00 am | Reply

    A fine lesson in sustainability . . .

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  2. sustainabilitea | July 7, 2016 at 12:22 pm | Reply

    Thinking of you while in France, John, as they’re cutting and baling hay all around where we are.

    janet

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  3. Maureen Sudlow | July 7, 2016 at 1:40 pm | Reply

    great poetry and photo

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