Old MacDonald had a farm…and it was so good there’s a song about it! So it’s no surprise there are poems about farms too. This week on melodically challenged, we’ll be Down on the Farm. If farm livin’ is the life for you, join us this week on melodically challenged. EIEIO!
Lying in a Hammock at William Duffy’s Farm in Pine Island, Minnesota – James Wright
The Cows at Night – Hayden Carruth
I’m Learning Nothing This Night – Reginald Dwayne Betts
What I Mean When I Say Farmhouse – Geffrey Davis
The God of Nothingness – Mark Wunderlich
To Jamyla Bolden of Ferguson, Missouri – Naomi Shihab Nye
Warm Hand in Farmland – Mice Parade
On a Hilltop at the Nassar Farm – Elana Bell
No Weeds No Work – John Olivares Espinoza
Farm Wife – Lola Haskins
You’ll Never Pay for the Farm – Gang of Four
Fairhill Farm – Aaron Baker
Street View – Kerrin McCadden
Farmstead: Back Mountain Road – Doug Van Gundy
Realizing Lucy – Ronaldo V. Wilson
At North Farm – John Ashbery
Portrait of Leadbelly in Pinstriped Suit – Rachel Richardson
Field Notes – Rachel Richardson
Farm – Souvenir Driver
Cybele – Miranda Field
Instrument for Oversight – Carey McHugh
A Fence Line Running Through It – Curtis Bauer