Thursday, April 26, 2018

TWO COW POEMS: Variations on a Theme


One writing exercise that I enjoy doing is writing about a particular subject in different kinds of poems. Here are two poems that I wrote about cows. The second is a mask poem. You'll see that the poems have some things in common:

 
THINGS TO DO IF YOU ARE COWS

Graze on a hillside meadow
dotted with dandelion suns.
Breathe in the sweet smell of clover
and freshly mown hay.
Flick flies away with your tasseled tail.
Feel summer days pass by
like silk over silver.
Moo and chew
and chew and moo.
Relax…
enjoy
your grand green view.


COWS

Up here on the hillside,
We graze and we laze.
We laze and we graze
On warm sunny days.
We chew and we moo.
We moo and we chew
And ruminate on
This grand green view.

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2 comments:

  1. Diane MayrApril 26, 2018 at 6:48 PM

    I love the simplicity of the second poem. The use of "ruminate" elevates it nicely.

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  2. Linda BApril 28, 2018 at 9:31 AM

    I like that word, "ruminate", too, but also the "chew and moo", "moo and chew". That's the moment I hold in my head about cows, too. Fun to read, Elaine!

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