The Silos of Cortland County
During the Pandemic isolation,
Just for somewhere to go,
He took pictures of silos;
He wanted me to know.
He traveled all the county roads--
The ones that he could find
In search of the silo structures—
Back to another time.
Some came in ceramic tile,
Deep orange against the sky.
They were often next to barns,
abandoned bales of hay nearby.
Far out in the wilderness
A Harvestore stands alone
monument to another time;
A lifestyle now long gone.
A rusted old tractor
Silent now, no more complaints
Stands guard at a wooden silo,
With its skeletal remains.
Beautiful scenes surround them,
Rolling hills; skies so blue;
an occasional cow you may still see,
Though only just a few.
Through the middle of one silo
a single tree makes its home.
The monuments still persist
though the farms themselves are gone.
Ivy climbs an abandoned silo,
Tendrils reaching for the sky.
The barns fall, the silos stand.
Ancient reminders of a time gone by.
By Nancy Rehkugler
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