Old Barns
Inga Gilson Caldwell
Old barns retain a mystic quality,
Within high raftered beams, the scent still clings
Of fragrant clover mixed with timothy;
Between the wide spaced boards, a wind harp sings
While sunlight forms pipe organ patterns on
The spacious floor where dust motes dance at will.
Within the choir loft, in unison,
Birds sing their choral music, versatile
In repertoire as any symphony.
Above a stable barn once, long ago,
A star of prophecy bent down and so
Old barns retain a mystic quality.
Inga Gilson Caldwell
Old barns retain a mystic quality,
Within high raftered beams, the scent still clings
Of fragrant clover mixed with timothy;
Between the wide spaced boards, a wind harp sings
While sunlight forms pipe organ patterns on
The spacious floor where dust motes dance at will.
Within the choir loft, in unison,
Birds sing their choral music, versatile
In repertoire as any symphony.
Above a stable barn once, long ago,
A star of prophecy bent down and so
Old barns retain a mystic quality.
Can you see the deer standing there? This old barn is in South Dakota.
7 comments:
I adore old barns! We have 2 on our property. A livestock barn and a tobacco barn! Thet are also still filled with years of "stuff" including a stove/oven from the 1940's that came out of our old farmhouse! Hmmmm. That could be a post!
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Take care in that Michigan cold, Joni!
xo, misha
I love old barns, there are two in our family...everytime I see one torn down I cry, I wish I was kidding but I am not. It should be illegal.
Ahhhh, Old barns! I love them. We have one up at our ranch~ I've often dreamed of dragging Dad's equipment out of it and taking it over for my stuff! LOL
I agree with Parisienne Farmgirl; in that, it should be illegal. We live in an area with a lot of old barns, when I see them I think of all the blood sweat and tears that went into building them.
P.S. We live in a barn~ No really!
Sharing in the love of old barns,Mel
I love olde barns.. I live around a few of them and one big one that is still a working dairy farm .
Even went to a barn dance last fall at the neighbor's barn!
The photos on the post below are really awesome.. amazingly so !
Hugs,
Linda
Old barns are great, but I'll tell ya, I'm sooo glad our old, old house doesn't have an old, old barn attached to it anymore. Whew.
I LOVE barns whether they're old or new!
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