The Table

My father hewed the walnut tree
That grew upon the land he tilled,
And of its wood he made for me
This table.  Now his hand is stilled
And others plow the uphill land
And reap its crops; but warm and good
I feel the strong touch of his hand
Upon this richly gleaming wood.

–From Halfway Up the Sky (written in winter 1950)

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