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Low Life, and: Broken Fences, and: Hidden Farm Road

Low Life, and: Broken Fences, and: Hidden Farm Road Walt Franklin Appalachian Heritage, Volume 12, Number 2, Spring 1984, pp. 52-53 (Article) Published by The University of North Carolina Press DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/aph.1984.0021 For additional information about this article https://muse.jhu.edu/article/438481/summary Access provided at 19 Feb 2020 21:44 GMT from JHU Libraries 52 yOwSSs» <*©M(5Sv> v<®w<sSv> vOwSV <??®?(5? <*©<·>©*» víSx-KsSv ?®?·?3*? <y®H®>» <*<©H<S>s» <*«SH<SJs» v®W<5Jsa BROKEN FENCES A strand ofrusted wire Curls from rotted post. Above This valley, little more than Sun and wind, blown leaves And quiet passing ofbirds. Idling farms, misused, abandoned, Wait as forest comes to steal Crabbed orchards, crumbling barns, As weeds and fallen branches Choke the fence-rows, as a dream Settles in and plans to work The land again—in health, giving And receiving, in rebirth. HIDDENFARMROAD Curving uphill from the barn, it lay behind me hidden in orchard trees, in crowded lilacs, brambles and poplars sprung-up from neglect. Never waiting to be found, it lay all these years beneath the westward rising ridge. Cleared, it mapped the route to vistas on house and valley, bygone days ofuse and misuse and abandonment of hill life. Only now is it revealed—a picture for recovery with a saw and scythe and careful thought, small tools for future days. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Appalachian Review University of North Carolina Press

Low Life, and: Broken Fences, and: Hidden Farm Road

Franklin, Walt.
Appalachian Review , Volume 12 (2) – Jan 8, 2014
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Walt Franklin Appalachian Heritage, Volume 12, Number 2, Spring 1984, pp. 52-53 (Article) Published by The University of North Carolina Press DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/aph.1984.0021 For additional information about this article https://muse.jhu.edu/article/438481/summary Access provided at 19 Feb 2020 21:44 GMT from JHU Libraries 52 yOwSSs» <*©M(5Sv> v<®w<sSv> vOwSV <??®?(5? <*©<·>©*» víSx-KsSv ?®?·?3*? <y®H®>» <*<©H<S>s» <*«SH<SJs» v®W<5Jsa BROKEN FENCES A strand ofrusted wire Curls from rotted post. Above This valley, little more than Sun and wind, blown leaves And quiet passing ofbirds. Idling farms, misused, abandoned, Wait as forest comes to steal Crabbed orchards, crumbling barns, As weeds and fallen branches Choke the fence-rows, as a dream Settles in and plans to work The land again—in health, giving And receiving, in rebirth. HIDDENFARMROAD Curving uphill from the barn, it lay behind me hidden in orchard trees, in crowded lilacs, brambles and poplars sprung-up from neglect. Never waiting to be found, it lay all these years beneath the westward rising ridge. Cleared, it mapped the route to vistas on house and valley, bygone days ofuse and misuse and abandonment of hill life. Only now is it revealed—a picture for recovery with a saw and scythe and careful thought, small tools for future days.

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