Small Farmers Journal Spring Vol.32 No. 2

"Here is a poem I wrote for the people. It is not copywrited, but it needs to be said. Thank you for what you do".

Who will carry the heavy things.

Who will scrape, who will pull.

Who will pick up, who will dig

Who has the will.

When some things will never show

Many will never know.

Many may never care.  For

Those who carry, Those who lift,

Those who pack and look for space.

For those who worry

Those that love

Those who have learned to wait.

Who will carry the heavy things?

Many have no concern.

But my heartfelt thanks to those

Who never ask, never question, always humble

Just carry the heavy things.

- John Cooley

Rivendell Farm

Delta, CO

My dad sent me this poem on June 30, 2011. He had found it at Powell's Technical Bookstore a few years ago.