Boustrophedon

“boustrophedon, the writing of alternate lines in opposite directions, one line from left to right and the next from right to left.” www.britannica.com/art/boustrophedon

Under unrelenting sun and black flies →

plows Boustrophedon ←

the ox yolked since weaned →

left to right from first ←

then from left to right. →

Boustrophedon swats the flies →

tail caked mud his with ←

while the yoke pulls →

back hunched his at ←

by Amed’s taught tanned arms →

him bother flies as ←

and sap his strength. →

Boustrophedon plows →

field muddy the ←

knee deep →

sounds sucking making ←

marking time till the →

orange sets sun ←

and Boustrophedon rests →

day another plow to ←

of rows, rows, rows →

.eyes his fill flies while ←

Karl Kliparchuk is a poet, a gardener, a wine writer at http://www.mywinepal.com, and a retired teacher living in Burnaby, BC. His poems have been published by winecellarpress.com, Lothlorien Poetry Journal, Wingless Dreamer Publisher, Silk Road Poetry Blog, 3rd Wednesday, Down in the Dirt, Kind of A Hurricane Press, and more.