Frozen Lands
Cheryl Lambrecht
Coming from Euro frozen lands
through Ellis Island
to find the frozen states
of the Upper Midwest
They dug in deep their roots
to have children and crops
in the life and the land
that they harvested
Many were dairy farmers
although they seldom had some
their children rose early
and got the milk ready
The wagon would be laden for town
so the many children would walk
the mile or two to school
through the rain and the snow they would go
Except in the summer
when they would stay home
with the livestock and the crops
that would feed them now
and through the harsh winter
Canning and storing
what they could preserve
in the ground cellar
And because of all of this
one day the frozen lands
became farms for the
fertile fields of food and flowers
For the world
