Always a fun challenge! Here’s my entry this year.
FARMER GRAY’S BUCKET
Daybreak sings—
feed cow, giving milk,
treat horses pulling plows,
water beans, filling bowls,
thank neighbors, baking pies.
Farmer Gray’s bucket
sits empty by the door.
Soft moos join neighs.
Beans burble on the stove.
Guitar drifts in from windows down the road.
Farmer Gray’s bucket
fills with barnyard lullabies.