Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, PLOWING, by CALE YOUNG RICE


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PLOWING, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I saw an old woman plowing a field
Last Line: For the crumb of bread its rock would yield.
Subject(s): Fields; Life; Plowing & Plowmen; Pastures; Meadows; Leas


I saw an old woman plowing a field.
(What is life? What does it yield?)
The plow was heavy, the horse slow,
She swung at the handles and kept her row.
The ground was barren, her back bent,
Up and over the hill she went.
I saw her plowing at break of dawn,
Bravely at evening plowing on.
I saw an old woman plowing a field
For the crumb of bread its rock would yield.





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