White wind turbines
pierce the skyline,
blades, giant tines
above silos,
red barns, and fields,
towers of steel
in Ohio
Like metal plants,
crops man invents,
machine movement,
rotors whirring.
It’s beautiful,
the pastoral,
electrical
scene of farming.
Author's Note: The deluge of pieces continues! This is another poem pulled from a stash that I thought about reworking for the Sky-ku challenge, but decided to keep it as it is. This is my 93rd story so I am on track for reaching my 100th story on November 1st. Planning to host a microfiction and poetry challenge to celebrate!
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D.K. Shepard
Character Crafter, Witty Banter Enthusiast, World Builder, Unpublished novelist...for now
Fantasy is where I thrive, but I like to experiment with genres for my short stories. Currently employed as a teacher in Louisville.
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Comments (12)
Loved your poem! Looking forward to that challenge 😁
Just got home today after being away from internet connection, so this is great catching up a little lol. Excited for your microfiction and poetry challenge. Well done on the forthcoming achievement and love the sparsety of this poem. Brevity in action. Not a spoon in sight! lol.
well done
"giant tines"- like a huge fork! They're always so calming somehow, despite being hulking pieces of machinery. Looking forward to what you have in store for the challenge!
I know lots of people don’t like wind farms but I have always like windmills etc. I’m keen for your challenge soon✅.
I don't know why but this felt so liberating to me. Loved your poem!
I love this DK!! Thank you for keeping it as it is, it would have been a shame if you trimmed it down and we lost beautiful lines like "red barns, and fields, towers of steel"... such vivid imagery there!
The idea of them as a man made crop is really good
That are monolithic, aren’t they? I love the grand scale and bucolic scene your poem creates in my mind’s eye, DK!
They do resemble enormous, metallic plants, don't they?
A wonderful description, D.K! Wind generators are an ever-growing part of the landscape here. I've had a few opportunities to photograph them "up close and personal." They're soooo much larger than they seem!
This is lovely. You could still make it a haiku while keeping the original. I've done that several times.