Late afternoon light streams through a hay barn,
cows wail underfoot
waiting to be fed.
A neighboring field,
stubbly from last year’s corn harvest
alights with birds
and pyramids of manure,
like dark stacks
imagined by Van Gogh,
their steam rising
against the reds
of the setting sun.
#italy #piedmont #langhe #farmlife (at Strada Romantica delle Langhe e del Roero)