A Poem from Beckman Mill near Beloit, Wisconsin,
U.S.A.
By one of its ‘Friends’ ~ Dick Dunagan
How The Mill Works
Moving water
Turns the wheel
Moving wheel
Turns the stone
Moving stone
Grinds the grain
Then it’s time
To start again
Using his own words
for the poem: “It is the result of a retired teacher
seeking a compact way to explain the topic to
visitors to the restored Beckman Mill near Beloit,
Wisconsin. As intended, it could also be used to
explain other mills”.
Dick Dunagan is a
volunteer supporter for the
Friends of Beckman Mill,
a restored water powered mill of 1868 that is owned
by the county of Wisconsin. Dick has captured
the essence in pure simplicity, just like a mill
–Ed.
Reproduced by kind
permission from The International Molinological
Society Journal Iss.12 see
www.molinology.org
For more information on
the Beckman Mill see
www.beckmanmill.org and on the poet, Dick
Dunagan
rvdunagan@aol.com
