Wake up your poetry brains with 15 Words or Less (guidelines here)!
I took this picture in Scotland when I went in 2008, and I will be going there again soon! This time, though, I’ll pretty much be only in Edinburgh, not out in the highlands or islands, where I snapped this Highland cow/bull/?. It’s hard to get across how immense these creatures are. So. Calm. This image makes me think of:
1) Jack or any pet looking guilty
2) me, arriving at a school visit after driving through a blizzard
3) a velvet dress (that nose!)
And here’s my?first draft.
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Highland Cow
Shaggy hair against biting winds
Bony horns to settle arguments
Velvet nose for nuzzling you
–Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved
Now it’s your turn! Have fun and stick to 15 WORDS OR LESS!??(Title doesn’t count toward word count:>)??
[Note: In March, I am mostly off the grid. So, please feel free to write, share, and comment, but I will not be able to take part, other than posting these posts. I’ll miss my 15 Words or Less friends–see you in April!]?
78 Responses
Massive Bessies stare you down
Very few tourists
Stand their ground
wonderful
Love the “massive Bessies” combination; and yes, I would not try to stare her down.
I also love “Massive Bessies” and your rhyme.
Oops, not sure if “her” was the correct pronoun.
Massive Bessies stare you down
Very few tourists
Stand their ground
wonderful
Love the “massive Bessies” combination; and yes, I would not try to stare her down.
I also love “Massive Bessies” and your rhyme.
Oops, not sure if “her” was the correct pronoun.
this is a wonderful pic and I like your poem love the last line
Fairy Tails
one blue oak
three been wishes
jumping over a moon
a farmer called me BINGO
blue ribbon dreams mooo
poem by Jessica Bigi
this is a wonderful pic and I like your poem love the last line
Fairy Tails
one blue ox’s
three been wishes
jumping over a moon
a farmer called me BINGO
blue ribbon dreams mooo
poem by Jessica Bigi
Jessica, I like the reference to cow jumping over moon.
I like your fairy tail combinations. Perhaps bean not been?
this is a wonderful pic and I like your poem love the last line
Fairy Tails
one blue oak
three been wishes
jumping over a moon
a farmer called me BINGO
blue ribbon dreams mooo
poem by Jessica Bigi
this is a wonderful pic and I like your poem love the last line
Fairy Tails
one blue ox’s
three been wishes
jumping over a moon
a farmer called me BINGO
blue ribbon dreams mooo
poem by Jessica Bigi
Jessica, I like the reference to cow jumping over moon.
I like your fairy tail combinations. Perhaps bean not been?
Wig
I crocheted this hair
for you to wear
when you’re
having a bad
hair day.
–Margaret Simon
I love this a wig for a cow
A fun thought Margaret. Possibly a bit of mohair?
Cute. And if that fails, grab a hat!
Wig
I crocheted this hair
for you to wear
when you’re
having a bad
hair day.
–Margaret Simon
I love this a wig for a cow
A fun thought Margaret. Possibly a bit of mohair?
Cute. And if that fails, grab a hat!
I Knew Better
Celebrated with
my Irish neighbors,
someone filed my horns -
surprised I wasn’t shorn.
Laura, hope you are having fun in Scotland/Ireland. Since I bear an Irish name, I decided it was okay to lay a bit o’ blame.
The poor thing! Your poem makes me laugh.
I Knew Better
Celebrated with
my Irish neighbors,
someone filed my horns -
surprised I wasn’t shorn.
Laura, hope you are having fun in Scotland/Ireland. Since I bear an Irish name, I decided it was okay to lay a bit o’ blame.
The poor thing! Your poem makes me laugh.
First visit from college.
Mom, caught unaware -
“Son, is that you
under all that hair?”
Ellie, I love this. Brings back happy memories.
Love it!
Wonderful and so true
First visit from college.
Mom, caught unaware -
“Son, is that you
under all that hair?”
Ellie, I love this. Brings back happy memories.
Love it!
Wonderful and so true
Highland Look
You see this face?
The girls say wow!
Hair?s the way
to snare a cow.
?Kate Coombs
Cute Kate. This is a great response for Ellie’s “son” to reply to his mom.
I like the last tree lines
Too funny!
Highland Look
You see this face?
The girls say wow!
Hair?s the way
to snare a cow.
?Kate Coombs
Cute Kate. This is a great response for Ellie’s “son” to reply to his mom.
I like the last tree lines
Too funny!
Temperamental redhead?
Shaggy bovine glower?
Hidden soft brown eyes
reveal a gentle flower.
How sweet, and I totally agree.
Oh those eyes. Yes!
Rooting for you over at Think, Kid, Think. You have presented some fantastic poems!
Temperamental redhead?
Shaggy bovine glower?
Hidden soft brown eyes
reveal a gentle flower.
How sweet, and I totally agree.
Oh those eyes. Yes!
Rooting for you over at Think, Kid, Think. You have presented some fantastic poems!
I’m feeling blue.
You would, too,
if rain messed up
your high-priced “do”.
love the rime and this is so true
Great rhyme, and now all I can see is one of those plastic rain bonnets on our photo friend.
I’m feeling blue.
You would, too,
if rain messed up
your high-priced “do”.
love the rime and this is so true
Great rhyme, and now all I can see is one of those plastic rain bonnets on our photo friend.
Hidden Talent
Bovine divine,
Milk, cheese, butter,
Yogurt, too
In your disguise, who knew?
The essential cow — lovely.
It’s nice to be reminded of sources that provide things we take for granted. Good Job.
Hidden Talent
Bovine divine,
Milk, cheese, butter,
Yogurt, too
In your disguise, who knew?
The essential cow — lovely.
It’s nice to be reminded of sources that provide things we take for granted. Good Job.
Those Highland Cattle are pretty big, aren’t they, Laura? Several farms around here raise them, and you’re right — they’re quite large! Nice poem you crafted there…I also enjoyed Kate’s, which I read after I had written mine:
A Scottish Thing
I’m a sizable Scotsman -
rugged & built -
the lassies all faint
when I’m wearin’ me kilt.
- ? 2015, Matt Forrest Esenwine
(yes, I cheated with the ampersand…sorry!)
Haha. Nice! I like the voice, especially in the last line.
Those Highland Cattle are pretty big, aren’t they, Laura? Several farms around here raise them, and you’re right — they’re quite large! Nice poem you crafted there…I also enjoyed Kate’s, which I read after I had written mine:
A Scottish Thing
I’m a sizable Scotsman -
rugged & built -
the lassies all faint
when I’m wearin’ me kilt.
- ? 2015, Matt Forrest Esenwine
(yes, I cheated with the ampersand…sorry!)
Haha. Nice! I like the voice, especially in the last line.
TREND SETTER
A Highland coat
t’would suit my fancy,
when I amble into
the haberdashery!
Ellen Vojnovic
TREND SETTER
A Highland coat
t’would suit my fancy,
when I amble into
the haberdashery!
Ellen Vojnovic
My hair looks a mess
Right now
Just like this
Highland cow
Haircuts are overrated!
Anne McKenna
My hair looks a mess
Right now
Just like this
Highland cow
Haircuts are overrated!
Anne McKenna
My hair is a mess
Right now
Just like this
Highland cow
Haircuts are overrated !
- Anne McKenna
My hair is a mess
Right now
Just like this
Highland cow
Haircuts are overrated !
- Anne McKenna
PRAIRIE
Sideways sprouted horns
Amber tousled hair,
Rose, olive colored peepers
Stare at wheat?s shifting posture.
© Charles Waters 2015 all rights reserved.
PRAIRIE
Sideways sprouted horns
Amber tousled hair,
Rose, olive colored peepers
Stare at wheat?s shifting posture.
© Charles Waters 2015 all rights reserved.