The Cornflower, and Other Poems

The verses unfold on the wide‑open prairies of early twentieth‑century Canada, where the rhythm of planting corn and the glow of sunrise become metaphors for hope and longing. A young school‑ma'am, nicknamed the Cornflower for the blue blossoms she wears, captures the attention of the farmhands and the narrator with her gentle determination. Through simple, earthy language the poet paints the daily toil, the tender moments of courtship, and the quiet pride of a community building its first schoolhouse.

In the narrator’s voice, humor and humility mingle with a sincere admiration for the heroine’s moral compass. The poems balance rustic description with deeper questions about love, responsibility, and the pull between personal desire and the greater good. Listeners will be drawn into a world where every stalk of grain and every whispered promise carries the weight of a season’s promise.