Boy stands
two horses
farm dog
plow ready

two shoulders
two suspenders
two hands
ruffle ears

broad smile
blue shirt
black hat

Radio drones...

Politicians fling
different dirt
Refugees face
closed borders

More shootings
midwest city
Bullets cleave
human flesh

Plow cleaves
rocky soil
Broken clouds
filter light

Horses move
Hope sown
Fertile field
awaits harvest

Sharon is a member of the Greater Madison Writing Project, K-12 Teacher, and a teacher mentor. Her poetry is leavened by living in poet Lorine Niedecker’s inspiring environs and the Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets.