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Jack Hawes, Tobacco Farmer

Jack Hawes, Tobacco Farmer

Posted on February 10, 2011by Llewellyn Berry

Jack Hawes

Virginia Tobacco Farmer

King and Queen County

Newtown, Va.

1978

 

I seek the simplicity of life

Of folded hands,

Crossed legs

A bottle of beer;

The quiet memories of the past…

 

Send me your well wishes:

The rain to freshen the air,

A prayer for the sun to shine

And a smile from the widow-lady

As she walks to the mail box

 

When I met Jack Hawes, I asked if I could photograph him. He said if I got him a six pack. I did and I took lots of photographs. After I made this print of him, I gave him a print. He took a hammer and nailed it to the side of his porch. He would point it out to visitors when they stopped by. I felt honored.

 

In this photograph I like Jack’s grizzled beard; I like his rumpled hat and shirt and most of all I like the glint in his eye.

The verse I wrote was prompted by a picture I took of him with his legs crossed as he relaxed on his porch. The picture is one of many I made of him.

 

Jack Hawes

Virginia Tobacco Farmer

King and Queen County

Newtown, Virginia

1978

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