Halcyon Days

Winter crops lay heavily Under snow covered fields Damp grey misty days ahead Hard ground where nothing yields. Winter gives over to spring pregnant With hope, spring lambs leaping Cattle chewing fresh spring grass Precocious young calves bleating. Summer sun warms gentle airs, soft Winds drift as a cool summer breeze Fans heated brows of farm workers in Fields having lunch under shaded trees. Resting until the autumn harvest When nature's bounty is plucked from all Its earthly storehouses as our days shorten And blackberries picked for the autumn ball.