Fields in Winter
Poem by Judy Goodenough © 1990
Music by Jan Harmon © 1990
(Lyrics forthcoming ...)
Based on the poem by Judy Goodenough,
rearranged slightly by Jan Harmon.
The poem:
Fields in Winter
On a clear day, early,
You can see the pattern laid out,
But not as a man sees it.
You see white muslin, white thread.
Field after field, crazy-quilt
With all its corners meeting
Miraculously: you can see
The pattern laid out under snow,
But not as a man sees it.
He will think bales and bushels,
But you will think colors:
Corn-green, timothy, green ryegrass,
And how many years it took
To piece it together, seam it
Tight across the hillside
With its stitchery of stone.