Fields

 

An old pickup truck

clatters down the gravel road

pulling an elongated 

dust trail behind its load. 

The farmer slows down now

to inspect his crop fields;

corn on the north, soybeans south.

Wondering about future yields.

Dark green leaves

stretch for the skies,

reach for the sun,

photosynthesize. 

© 2024 Richard Havenga

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

Fields

 

An old black pickup truck

clatters down a gravel road

pulling an elongated

dust trail behind its load.

The farmer slows down now

to inspect his crop fields;

corn on the north, soybeans south

worrying about future yields.

Dark green leaves

stretch for the skies,

reach for the sun,

photosynthesize. 

© 2021 Richard Havenga

Photo Locations:

1. & 2. Grattan Township - Kent County - Michigan

3. Cannon Township - Kent County - Michigan

Saturday Morning Backroads IV

You are reading the fourth edition of "Saturday Morning Backroads".
The first three editions are found as links at the bottom of this post. 
Enjoy the ride. Absorb the views.

Tree line on the horizon
blurred by a band of fog.

Field of ripening soybeans
bronzed in early sun.

Red Maples, like crimson royalty,
crown the lake's edge.

Leaves leaving their home,
coaxed by an autumn breeze.

Tasty globes of juiciness;
Red Delicious ready for harvest.

Virginia Creeper's climbing vines
ornamenting wooden fences.





You may also enjoy these related posts:

Saturday Morning Backroads - June 6, 2012

Saturday Morning Backroads II - October 8, 2014

Saturday Morning Backroads III - July 10, 2015



Photo Locations: Grattan Township - Kent County, Michigan