The Creative Corner

The Distinguished Windmill

They were seen in the valleys, and on every hill,

Standing tall and proud---ridged and still.

Like a sentry on duty, the legedary---windmill.

They were found in the pasture, and in fields of sage.

They dotted the praries, where the wind would rage.

The pioneer’s lifeblood---at the dawn of this age.

When the west was yet young, they played a key roll,

Straddling the top, of every well diggers hole,

From the Dakotas to Oregon, to the Oklahoma dust bowl.

Sprouting up overnight, in every homesteader’s yard,

They stood stiff at attention, like a knight on guard,

And worke...