Silver Maples
Silver Maples
Rain fingers stroke our grey bodies
and the long muscles of the prairie tenderly hold us.
The wind waves break over us as our bowed heads shelter
the homes of the earth's farmers, the herdsmen
of furrows, the crop growers, soil faithful,
the large-handed, lean-bellied seed sowers,
the keepers of life.
Publication Details
Original Citation
Wallace's Farmer, 22 April 1939, pp. 15.
Word Count
51
Original Publication
Date Published
1939
Re-publication
North American Review
Notes and Commentary
Not included in Ward or in Complete. Republication in NAR was the first since 1939. North American Review 305.1 (Spring 2020): inside cover.