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“He was a giver of life an alchemist that worked in dirt, seed, and manure.”
Tracy Winegar ‘Good Ground’
Mick
Mick kicked the dust with his boots
as a light breeze eddied through,
blue was panting at his side
it had been a long day in the paddock and
his thoughts turned again to home,
another hour and he’d be there
the house all go with kids and dinner,
Deb would have most of it sorted
she was a great sheila,
hard working
a dab hand on the farm,
the windmill groaned a rusty groan
finishing his reverie for now,
time was grinding on,
the light was fading,
night’s chill descending,
contented, he climbed into the ute
and with blue took the firebreak
home to his fair dinkum love.
©Paul Vincent Cannon
Paul, pvcann.com
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Great imagery, Paul!
”finishing his reverie for now, time was grinding on, the light was fading, night’s chill descending, contented, he climbed into the ute and with blue took the firebreak home to his fair dinkum love.
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Winnie thank you for your reflection.
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It’s always a pleasure, Paul.
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Love this
Great local color.
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Many thanks Pat
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Great post 🙂
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Thank you 🙂
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A perfect life😊
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🙂
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Reblogged this on The Reluctant Poet.
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Thank you as always.
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a typical day on the station, nice preservation of history 🙂
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Yes, came out of my past, I never forget those moments, thank you very much Kate.
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most welcome Paul
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Love this very “grounded” poem too, Paul! Well done! Have a nice weekend! Michael
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Was busy but very nice, hope yours was too, thanks Michael.
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Thank you Paul! It was to me. Hope you will have spare time during next week. Relaxing is important. Michael
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Dry busy week but the following week should be better 🙂
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So so beautiful – sounds like the beginning of a story (a book maybe??) – you had me hooked in already – I want to know how the story unfolds.
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O, well perhaps, I hadn’t thought about that, thank you.
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