Raking Light

2008

18" X 24"

Oil on Panel

SOLD

Out front
in the raw umber dirt of the barnyard corral
Bill and Chris and Pat stood in the early October sun
solving all the problems in the world.

Out back
I poked around in the burnt sienna
shadowed corners
of Bill’s barn.

Where a good old chunk of my soul
could live quite happily among the earth colors
and worn wooden tool handles
and the most beautifully organized collection of odds and ends
this Pennsylvania pack rat has ever laid eyes on.