My compulsive nature has led me to seek out a combination of these two powerful forces in my life, and so as a courtesy to all other poetry loving cow obsessors out there (and I know there are thousands of you) I present a literary snack. The world's best cow poetry.
We begin our voyage to lands of bovine bliss with a childhood classic.
The Purple Cow
by Gelett Burgess
I never saw a Purple Cow,
I never hope to see one;
But I can tell you, anyhow,
I'd rather see than be one.
I never hope to see one;
But I can tell you, anyhow,
I'd rather see than be one.
No compilation would be complete without the genius of Gary Larson and his ode to the aching hearts of the pasture.
Distant Hills
The distant hills call to me,
Their rolling waves seduce my heart.
Oh, how I want to graze in their lush valleys,
Oh, how I want to run down their green slopes.
Alas, I cannot.
D@mn the electric fence!
D@mn the electric fence!
To conclude our pastoral frolic amid the mythical beasts of the farm, a gem by Robert Louis Stevenson.
The Cow
The friendly cow all
red and white,
I love with all my
heart:
She gives me cream
with all her might,
To eat with
apple-tart.
She wanders lowing
here and there,
And yet she cannot
stray,
All in the pleasant
open air,
The pleasant light of
day;
And blown by all the
winds that pass
And wet with all the
showers,
She walks among the
meadow grass
And eats the meadow
flowers.
Thank-you ladies and gentlemen for sharing in this captivating overview of the great cow poetry of modern time. I hope that you have been inspired by your reading and that it will stay with you always.
And should you somehow think this has changed my feelings towards our milky friends, alas I still think they are evil.
Cheers,
Brenda
What poems silly or not speak to you?
What poems silly or not speak to you?
