Barren

[Keith]

The fields once fecund
shoulder cloaks of drought.
now grow hunger.

The loam enticed away
by waspish dust devils.

Yellow corn and African violets
dress the last sun-bleached page
of a children’s book.

All that’s left.

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a first edit.
thanks to addy and co for their feedback.

Original;

The fields, once fercund
shoulder their dusty cloaks of drought.
now they grow hunger .

The loam enticed away
seduced by dancing dust devils


Yellow corn and African violets
dress the last sun-bleached page
of a children’s book.
All that’s left

The edit really works for me, however I should report that it was beyond my vocabulary so I had to read it with a dictionary, this put me off, and I nearly didn't bother, glad I did I like the irony of the last stanza depicting such lush crops in a forgotten book left in this barren land.
Nice but fragmented read due to limitations (mine not yours)