One More Row To Hoe
A look at our mortality78 total reviews
Comment from Bill Pinder
Great job with this that compares life with hoeing another row on a farm. That is a very true statement that there is always one more row to hoe until our final breath. Thanks for this creative writing!
Bill
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Great job with this that compares life with hoeing another row on a farm. That is a very true statement that there is always one more row to hoe until our final breath. Thanks for this creative writing!
Bill
Comment Written 14-Oct-2019
Comment from NickieT
I love this outlook on life and the message of wisdom passed down from father to son. I appreciate how strong and tight your form is with words that flow effortlessly. An absolute pleasure to read.
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I love this outlook on life and the message of wisdom passed down from father to son. I appreciate how strong and tight your form is with words that flow effortlessly. An absolute pleasure to read.
Comment Written 14-Oct-2019
Comment from Phyllis Stewart
Nice way to look at life... rows to hoe equal years gone by, until we inevitably finish our plot and hoe the final row. Then, we rest and accept our reward for doing our best. Well done!
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Nice way to look at life... rows to hoe equal years gone by, until we inevitably finish our plot and hoe the final row. Then, we rest and accept our reward for doing our best. Well done!
Comment Written 14-Oct-2019
Comment from Lobber
Hi,
I understand the imagery of your well written poem, but the logic fails me. If there's always one more row to hoe, it's like the Myth of Sysyphus, an eternal task. If mortality is finite there should be (x) (finite) more rows to hoe for final and lasting Peace. - Lobber
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Hi,
I understand the imagery of your well written poem, but the logic fails me. If there's always one more row to hoe, it's like the Myth of Sysyphus, an eternal task. If mortality is finite there should be (x) (finite) more rows to hoe for final and lasting Peace. - Lobber
Comment Written 14-Oct-2019
Comment from Cedar
Hello Jay: This one I can really relate to. I have lived on a farm for 74 years and have hoed many rows of corn, tobacco, cane and just about anything you can think of.
I enjoyed reading this Jay. Take care...Bill
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Hello Jay: This one I can really relate to. I have lived on a farm for 74 years and have hoed many rows of corn, tobacco, cane and just about anything you can think of.
I enjoyed reading this Jay. Take care...Bill
Comment Written 14-Oct-2019
Comment from Janetsue
I like how you've written this poem appreciating all the ups and downs life contains because, handled well, they resulted in a satisfying feeling about our Golden Years.
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of all lifes (life's) rows to hoe.
lifes (life's) final afterglow.
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I like how you've written this poem appreciating all the ups and downs life contains because, handled well, they resulted in a satisfying feeling about our Golden Years.
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of all lifes (life's) rows to hoe.
lifes (life's) final afterglow.
Comment Written 14-Oct-2019
Comment from Gert sherwood
How true jaybird1
I like the moral of your poem is giving us an example if you want to keep going you need to weed out the bad, then plant the good and don't forget to hoe.
Gert
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How true jaybird1
I like the moral of your poem is giving us an example if you want to keep going you need to weed out the bad, then plant the good and don't forget to hoe.
Gert
Comment Written 13-Oct-2019
Comment from Jannypan (Jan)
I enjoyed your poem, Jay. Your lines read well with great imagery. I believe you are saying there is always one more job to do before the Lord calls you home--and one never knows when that will be. Thanks for sharing. Respectfully, Jan
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I enjoyed your poem, Jay. Your lines read well with great imagery. I believe you are saying there is always one more job to do before the Lord calls you home--and one never knows when that will be. Thanks for sharing. Respectfully, Jan
Comment Written 13-Oct-2019
Comment from June Sargent
It's not over until it's over. Keep sharpening that hoe and take it one day, one row at a time. Our mortality is ever present as we age, but we don't need to let it be our focus.
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It's not over until it's over. Keep sharpening that hoe and take it one day, one row at a time. Our mortality is ever present as we age, but we don't need to let it be our focus.
Comment Written 13-Oct-2019
Comment from Susan Larson
Back then I think most of us had rows to hoe and are all the better for it. Today with all these helicopter parents hovering around their kids hoeing their rows for them, fighting their battles, kowtowing to their every whim and desire, I agree, everyone should have rows to hoe. In lines 12 and 22, don't you want life's and not lifes?
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Back then I think most of us had rows to hoe and are all the better for it. Today with all these helicopter parents hovering around their kids hoeing their rows for them, fighting their battles, kowtowing to their every whim and desire, I agree, everyone should have rows to hoe. In lines 12 and 22, don't you want life's and not lifes?
Comment Written 13-Oct-2019
