Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE FARMER, by ETHEL ROMIG FULLER


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First Line: Though hoarfrost rimes the barnyard
Last Line: And hits the weather vane.
Subject(s): Farm Life; Agriculture; Farmers


Though hoarfrost rimes the barnyard
This sub-zero day,
And drifts lie humped as fleece on
An unsheared Rambouillet,
He lingers till midmorning,
Dawdling over chores,
Loath to leave the tingling,
Glittering, white outdoors;
The while he works, a warm tide,
Inciting as a toddy,
Paints his cheeks with apple-red;
Courses through his body.

When he turns the stallion out,
He wishes he might run,
Nicking stars from clods of ice,
Neighing at the sun.
A bantam cock crows rustily:
He mimics it with joy,
Then guffaws, discovering
How much of man is boy.
At last in sheer exuberance --
His wife's face at the pane,
Mouthing wonder -- throws a snowball,
And hits the weather vane.





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