THE CRITIQUE CIRCLE
BACK TO
CRITIQUE CIRCLE
INSTRUCTIONS
COMPLETE
INSTRUCTIONS HERE
CRITIQUE GUIDELINES
CRITIQUE TIPS
HELP TOUR
1) You start with one credit so post your first piece of 1,000 words or less.

2) Receive critiques over a few weeks.

3) Read guidelines and critique another writer and earn 1 credit to post another 1,000 word or less piece.


4) Build up credits now by giving more critiques to be used at another time.
YOUR CREDITS
LOGIN HERE


ATTENTION:
Effective 8-27-15 submissions are now limited to 1,000 words or less and to a maximum of four submissions per month per member. See message to left for information.

TITLE: A Farmer's Faith
By Linda L Creech
10/06/06
  SEND A PRIVATE COMMENT
 SEND ARTICLE TO A FRIEND
Prayers can lead to miracles. I gazed at a picture I'd just bought at a flea market and found this poem. Hope you enjoy it.
I stood aloof and silent
a distant life away,
watching a farmer and his wife
stand in their field and pray.

She closed her eyes, bowed her head,
clasped her dirt soiled hands,
his posture was humility
as he bowed to God’s command.

Somehow across the parched,
dry earth,
I heard their humble prayer,
“Dear Lord, we thank Thee
for these crops,”
but I saw nothing there,
save a few potatoes, dried and small
and two worn farmers,
that was all.

The sun anointed evening sky
with settings after glow and through
the field the farmers walked,
toward home,
I watched them go.

And as I turned to walk away
a raindrop gently fell,
I turned my gaze up to the sky
as rain clouds started to swell.
While I had doubted sinfully,
God was even there, the farmers
knew that miracles come with
their faith in prayers.

Linda L. Creech
The opinions expressed by authors may not necessarily reflect the opinion of FaithWriters.com.