I’M JUST A FARMER, PLAIN & SIMPLE

 I’m just a farmer,

Plain and simple.

Not of royal birth

But rather a worker of the earth.

I know not of riches

But rather, of patches on my britches

I know of drought and rain,

Of pleasure and pain.

I know of the good and the bad,

The happy and the sad.

I am a man of emotions.

A man who loves this land,

And the beauty of its sand.

I know the spring’s fresh flow

And autumn’s golden glow,

Of a new born calf’s hesitation,

And an eagle’s destination.

I know of tall pines,

And long waiting lines.

Of the warmth of campfires,

And the agony of flat tires.

I’m a man who loves his job

And the life that I live.

I am a man who works with God,

I cannot succeed without his help,

For you see,

I’m just a farmer

Plain and simple.

Written by: Bobby Collier, Owner and operator of 3 Hills Farm

Poem featured in Tennessee Farm Bureau magazines and adapted for RFD TV.