Joseph Anderson came to the farm
\nlate in life. A teacher,
\nretired, but not worn out,
\ngoing blind, but working
\nfor his keep.<\/p>\n
Each day when weather
\nand his knees allowed,
\nhe hobbled in hay fields
\nand sheep pasture,<\/p>\n
piling circles upon circles
\nof stones around
\nimmovable
\nmother ledge.<\/p>\n
It was not what he learned
\nat Williams College,
\nfor his hands
\nto grow calloused
\nand brown.<\/p>\n
It is the mark in the woods
\nwhere a man has been,
\nhis scholarship
\nin earth and stone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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