Harvest of Days

 

From the fertile fields of time

comes a bountiful harvest of days.

Clouds like linen may lay

on a bed of blue sky.

Or a thick, gray overcast

will shed sheets of rain.

Or a brilliant rainbow

may arc in the clouds,

bringing the promise

of a brighter tomorrow.

© 2026 Richard Havenga

Photo Location: Home Woods - Cannonsburg, Michigan

brittle

 

brittle leaves hang down

wall of cornstalks stand rigid

ready for harvest

© 2025 Richard Havenga

Photo Location: Grattan Township - Kent County - Michigan

harvest

 

October harvest

flags of gold and tubes of red

a wall of cornstalks

© 2022 Richard Havenga

Photo Location: Grattan Township - Kent County - Michigan

Harvest

 

Ground fog lays a heavy blanket

over a ripening field of soybeans.

First green and growing,

then yellow and slowing,

to a golden-brown glowing.

Harvest time knowing.

Abundance bestowing.

Before it starts snowing.

© 2021 Richard Havenga

Photo Locations:

1. 2. 3. 4.  Grattan Township - Kent County - Michigan

Harvest of Riches

April 2 is a very meaningful date in my life for three reasons:

The birthday of Aaron Havenga, (April 2, 1975 ~ November 20, 1994).

The 42nd anniversary of my Journal (April 2, 1975 ~ present)

The fifth anniversary of: Walk With Father Nature (April 2, 2012 ~ present)


I title this anniversary post "Harvest of Riches" because I want to gather into the storage barn...

... a bushel of my favorite poems from recent years. It was difficult to choose from the 340 poems stored securely within these stone walls, but please open these old doors, and read the twelve favorites this old poet has harvested from the archives... (Click on the highlighted titles to go to that post)

The Same Sun ~ August 5, 2013

Unspoken ~ September 30, 2013

Only Silence Remains ~ October 14, 2013

Aspen Fire ~ October 21, 2013

You ~ February 5, 2014

Witness ~ August 18, 2014

Future Prayer ~ November 17, 2014

God Whispers ~ June 8, 2015

words dreaming ~ January 4, 2016

How These Words Became a Poem ~ March 14, 2016

Given ~ December 2, 2016

Desire Waiting ~ February 6, 2017


Thank you to all of my loyal viewers, and to those who have recently arrived. I hope you will explore the hundreds of entries in the TOPICS section, and search the ARCHIVES through the 600 posts I've written over these five years. 

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Gratefully,

Richard Havenga                         

Taste of Morning

I love the taste of morning,
and the warm splash
of early light
upon the fields.

And the hard work 
of the farmers
coming into fruition,
approaching harvest.

© 2016 Richard Havenga

  Photo Locations:

1. Soybeans, 2. Corn & Hay, 3. Soybeans - Lowell Township - Kent County - Michigan