
Red is a Farmall Tractor
sitting tall and proud
Yellow sun glistens off
the hood as the engine
below sends blue flame
up the stack / with a crack
For me, it has to be
a red Farmall M
No green John Deere will do
An orange Allis Chalmers
just makes me spew
Red takes me back
to days gone by
Riding high on that seat
Feeling the sun on my head
and all that power beneath me

Today at d’Verse we are trying a new form of poetry. Synesthesia is a neurological phenomenon in which stimulation of one sense leads to automatic, involuntary experiences of a second one. There are over 80 types of synesthesia described by science. Nearly every combination of sensory experiences or cognitive concepts is possible.
Seeing music as colors is one form of synesthesia. Perceiving letters as personalities is another one, or seeing numbers in color. Even hearing colors or touching smells. Today I am writing as Red being the color of vintage Farmall tractors that I drove in my teen years on the farm.
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A beautiful poem! I have not heard of Synesthesia as a poetic form before. Thank you for the introduction. π
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I had not heard of it either! An interesting concept! I never thought of it this way before!! Thank you very much for reading and commenting.
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My pleasure. I will have to give a try sometime π
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It is a feeling like no other!! Thanks!
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yeah, that’s really, really interesting π€ – I hadn’t heard of it eitherβ£
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Thank you for stopping by. We learn something new every days … as they say!
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Nice one, Dwight! Great to learn another type of poetry. Thanks for this! And you have beautifully written it.. πβ€οΈ
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Thank you so much! I appreciate your kind comment.
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Great take on the prompt, Dwight! Color adds so much enjoyment to life. Lovely photo of the antique tractor! β€ β€ β€ All the best!
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Thanks Cheryl. I was not sure how to do this at first, but after reading some of the others, I decided to give it a try.
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Enjoyed this: colors and machinery make a charming mix!
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Thank you Dora. It works for me!! :>)
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I like how you built the colors in relation to a fond memory of driving the Farmall. Nicely done!
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Thank you Lisa. When this came to me combining the red and green and orange with the tractors, it came much easier.
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I love your tractor poem! Even for those of us who didn’t grow up on a farm, there is something about an old red tractor. They have a simple dignity about them.
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Yes, they are very stately machines! Thanks. Glad you got a feel of it!
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One of the sweetest photos of I have is of my late father standing near a red tractor, in Iowa. π
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How very nice! I am sure he loved his tractor as well!
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He did as a young man, growing up in Iowa, before moving to Arizona and leaving farm life behind.
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I can see how red would take you back to that beautiful tractor! It is a power color and suits the poem well. Nice one!
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Thank you… Red seems to be a power color anyway, so it works very well.
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That’s lovely, Dwight. Wonderful post. π
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Thank you Jeff! I appreciate your comment!
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You’re welcome, Dwight. π
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Beautiful lovely poem. Synesthesia sounds so interesting, I could certainly visualize the brilliant red tractor, the vibrations of the engine below me, the reek of the fuel and the fragrance of earth being plowed. I always felt awe towards a tractor and wanted to ride one.
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It is a wonderful feeling to me! I spent five summers as a teen working on my Uncle’s dairy farm! I loved driving the tractors.
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Love the tractor and the concept
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It always works for me!! Thanks.
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A lovely red tractor my son will appreciate!
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Thanks Ingrid!
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neat one Dwight … I drive a red car, does that count π
We have masses of John Deere’s over here!
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For sure! I have a red truck also!! :>)
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lol paint our motorways red with vehicles instead of blood …
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And the Billboards also! LOL
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yes lets get that colour out there!
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Excellent memory-jerker
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Thank you Derrick!
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Luv the fondness to read. Its an early colour lure. My granddaughter’s first colour love
Muchπlove
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Thank you Gillena! Yes, you can tell it brings back a lot of good memories!
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A wonderful photo
A great poem
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Thank you very much! I love it!
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You’re very welcome!
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Your love of it shone through!
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Thank you!
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You’re very welcome
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I love your take on the prompt, Dwight! Perfection!
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Thank you so much!
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Oh, how beautiful!
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Thank you Lucy! They are a work of art!!
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Ha! Love it. And I agree, there’s something about a Deere that doesn’t quite cut it. Farmalls all the way!
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Yes, Red rules!! Thank you..
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Very beautiful poem!
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Thank you very much!
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My pleasure! Your poetry is beautiful!
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I appreciate your kind affirmation!
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Iβve finally found a fellow tractor-holic! You may have come close to weaning me from my Allis Chalmers and Minneapolis Moline. Nice work.
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Ha Ha! I doubt that!! Thanks for sharing. My friend down the road worked for a farmer that drove ACs. I think they had a D-14 and another smaller one.
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Such a great job capturing all of directions not interupting the flow of the poem. Oh that tractor is in steller shape.. !!!β€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈ Cindy
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Thank you for your kind comment! Yes, I wish I could take it for a spin every time I drive by and see it there!
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That just had to be red, yes! I like th bold color too for that vintage tractor.
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It really works…. Thanks Grace!
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Yes, let’s hear it for “Red”. Most of my cars have been red. Now we have a RAV4 and a Grand Vitera; both red. You rocked the prompt, sir.
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Thank you Glenn! I appreciate your red comments!!
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I like the red rather than the green, too, The color that is. I know nothing about tractors.
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That is fine … red is the color for Tractors!! :>)
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Love this! Red is my favorite colour so I resonate with the bouts of nostalgia in this poem π it’s such a magnificent tractor!
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This was a great restoration! The red really pops. Thank you for your comments.
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I agree… the red tractor… made me think of the red wheelbarrow William Carlos Williams.
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Thank you very much!
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There is the rural (or rural-ish) poem by William Carlos Williams about a red wheelbarrow and so much depending on that. With a little for concern for Mister Williams and his heirs, I like your poem about the red tractor more.
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I think the first “for” in the second sentence doesn’t belong. Sigh.
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Thank you for your suggestion. “For me”… is a colloquial expression … I plead artistic license!! :>)
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I like how you made this into a memory, and how a tractor of any other color would not be the same.
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Thank you Merril! It is a fond memory for me!
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Reblogged this on By the Mighty Mumford and commented:
WELL-TRED, OH FANCIER OF RED!
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Thanks Jonathan! Farming is in my blood, but it has been over 55 years since I drove a Farmall M!!
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TIME TO RETURN TO YOUR TRACTOR ROOTS?
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I wish I could. I am afraid that won’t happen anytime soon.
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COULD GET A SMALL MODEL OF A FARM-ALL AND RUN IT AROUND ON THE TABLE…I KNOE THEY DO MAKE THEM—TRY HISTORICRAIL.COM…and supply the engine noise yourself (kids and other adults will think you’ve flipped!) π
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ha Ha! flipped for sure. I do have a small model Farmall tractor sitting on my shelf to make me feel good!
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THERE YA GO!!!! π
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