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by The Wild Voice · 12 lines
Before sunrise, the barn light came on because he did. Cattle shifted in the dark.
Read, listen and shareby The Wild Voice · 10 lines
He knew each field by the way rain stood in it, which gate sagged,
Read, listen and shareby The Wild Voice · 8 lines
The November field is not empty. Roots hold summer's instructions. Mice stitch tunnels under frost.
Read, listen and shareby The Devotional Voice · 11 lines
May the leaves teach release without calling every loss beautiful. May the field after harvest
Read, listen and shareby The Wild Voice · 9 lines
One apple remains at the top of the tree, red against November,
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