Quilt of the Field
Queen Anne's lace and purple loosestrife
form a border on the "quilt of the field";
It's tall and stately, as nature intended -
to the farmer did not yield.
The centre of the quilt is yellow-buttercups
and clover - pink and white;
A picture to see and warm as can be -
with green embroidered just right.
Across the farmer's split-rail
fence,
another quilt meets the eye;
His crops of yellow, beige and green
form a contrast, so nearby.
Nature's "Nine-Patch"
blocks, so even -
summer has sown her best.
It surely is showing a quilter who's sewing -
the ultimate, artistic test.
Joan Adams Burchell
August 7, 2004
(copyright)
