A farmer



a farmer
I am a farmer
an intellectual farmer
the pen is my tool
always in my hand
and my book is the land
my words are the seeds I sow
the intelligence I cultivate
is the fruits which satisfy many people
even from generation to generation
I am a farmer
an intellectual farmer

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A nature , intellectuality, farmer

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Written on January 11, 2010

Submitted by NanaKofiNkrumahAcker on June 09, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme aAAbccdefgAA
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 282
Words 60
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 12

Matt Starking

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