Hello, and welcome! This is 15 Words or Less Poems, a low-pressure way to wake up your poetry brain (guidelines here), and I’m very glad you’re here.
I’m still off the grid, so once again, I will not be able to comment. I’m hoping you guys will take it and run with it! I hope to be back online next week:>)
This photo was taken by my overseas daughter when a cow walked through a field where she and some friends were picknicking.
This image makes me think of several things:
- the saying, “like a bull in a china shop”
- I wonder if the inventor of the fly swatter got the idea from cows’ and/or horses’ tails
- cows have a picnic every day!
And here’s my first draft.
It’s your turn! Have fun and stick to 15 WORDS OR LESS! (Title doesn’t count toward word count.)
35 Responses
Roving, mowing
Meandering far
The grass is greener
Wherever we are
I like the rhythm and the rhyme!
Me, too. Could be a song.
I like this.…the movement and the rhyme.
Thought for the day Amelia. Words of wisdom.
Very cute rhyme. I like the idea that the grass is greener where we ARE. Nice!
I love you ending
CONTENTED COW CONFESSION
My name is Rosebud.
I’m where I belong,
chewing my cud
and mooving along.
Rosebud is a cute name for this cow. We both used the word mooving. Word play is fun!
Cindy, Rosebud is it. The only name for a cow I could think of is Elsie and it just didn’t work!!!!
I love the name Rosebud. Cute rhyme.
I love the cow knows where it belongs
Across the street from one of my schools is a cow pasture. I want to be romantic about it, take pictures, enjoy the serene scene, but the stench…
Cow Picnic
Grazing
Lazing
With the sun Blazing–
Cows mooove
Cows moo
Cows mow
the lawn.
–Margaret Simon
Oh, yes, neither one of us could resist the opportunity to moove! I like the rhyme and the alliteration!
I grew up in cow country… and never was mollified by the “fresh country air” comments from the farmers. But, I am glad for all the milk I get to drink & use.
Mowing the lawn is perfect as an ending.
Good one Margaret. Bottom line, milk and ice cream!
love your title and the way your words sound all the moo’s
What a fun photo! It definitely brings out the play. Woot! Love that word, “snick”. And, yes.….slick trick slapping flies like that.
I’m feeling silly today:
West waltzing cows
waltz wantonly
towardsunset,
twilight
and the wine
of dew laden
wildflowers.
I wouldn’t call your poem silly Linda. Rather romantic poetry, relaxation, all’s right with the world.
I love waltzing cows and all the w words
That’s one cool cow. Laura I love your fly swatter tail.
Inside this hide
I hide
Waiting to break free
I’ve got the moosic
In me!
Jean, perfect play on words, expecially “moosic.” All of the “moos” have been fun.
love your first 3 lines
Love the connection with the fly swatter Laura. Like Linda, I too feel silly with this fun pic.
My Doppelganger
Brown spots
white hair
wrinkles compare
that bovine
is a twin of mine.
love all the details of appearance
Laure very nine pic I love your fly swatter tail
poem by Jessica Bigi
The Country Far
Dad careless
About cruelly fries
Tripped scoop ice-cream
Dad’s favorite bluebells
With red ribbons
Your poem makes me want to go to a fair and eat curly fries and ice cream. Love the details.
I am extremely short on time today, but want to say I have enjoyed all the poems and comments including Laura’s tail/tale. Here’s mine:
On dainty legs
and tiny hooves
my curvy body
really moves.
Ha–your final line made me laugh!
love how your words almost draw a pitcher as you read them
Rivers of muscles
beneath cow’s hide
coursing to bones
running each stride
Rivers of muscles
beneath cow’s hide I love this
Love your opening. I usually think of cows as soft, but your poem gives them strength. Nice.
Laura, love your poem! Hope you are taking in some lovely R & R. I read your post on your activities for the last month and … Wow!
COWS IN PARADISE
cows in paradise
can’t chase
fly…
but their tail
aims, slaps,
and zaps the target!
love your last 3 lines