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.
On my way to a drum corps show a couple of weeks ago, we passed by this interesting object on the highway. Yep, that’s a giant cow butt. I don’t know where this huge heifer was headed, but we got the worse end of the view!
This image makes me think of several things:
- toys coming to life
- roadside attractions (we have many of them here in Minnesota–giant Paul Bunyans and such)
- when your dog does something wrong and tries to guiltily hide in something much too small to cover him!
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.)
33 Responses
ha! Well, you don’t see a cow butt of this magnitude every day…that’s for sure.
Rump roast hot
Rump roast cold
Rump roast on a flat bed
cruising’ the road
Tee Hee! Good one!
Hahaha–that’s going to be stuck in my head all day. (I found myself leaving out either “rump” or “roast” in the third line as I repeated the ditty, just to make it roll along more smoothly.)
Hilarious!
Hilarious!
Ha! Loved your poem! Here’s another about a lazy cow.
Contrary Cow
Would have walked,
but Daisy balked.
Had to roll her-
cattle stroller!
Hehe–love the title too. No way to NOT read a poem after I read that title:>)
cattle stroller! hahahahahaha
Cattle stroller! I love it!
Such a cute verse Laura. As August arrives, my thoughts turn to State Fairs.
A Sculptor’s Lament
Mascot needed
was provided
errors made
clay dried
clay anew
cow grew
thus
two-ton ride.
Oh, dear–it’s a cow-tastrophe!
LOL! Love your hitchhiker take!! Taking a quick break from researching storage units…
Putting the Cart Before the Cow
Look behind,
the trailer’s full!
Bull’s improvement
on an oxen pull.
by Donna JT Smith, 7/25/2019
Just storage of a different kind? Hehe!
fun!
State Fair Attraction
by Dianne Moritz
Best in show
at the Fair.…
butter cow.
Holy WOW!
We do butter heads here at the Minnesota State Fair–amazing!
Cow Dreams
When Bessie grew bigger
than a supersonic jet
she overshadowed vistas
with her super-sized silhouette.
p.s. Laura I’m getting this indecipherable (to me) notice on your page:
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I’m getting that too.
Yep, working on it. Tx:)
Ha! Love all the s sounds. Superb!
Loved your hitchhiking take!!
Putting the Cart Before the Cow
Look behind -
The trailer’s full…
Bull’s improvement
On an oxen pull.
by Donna JT Smith, 7/25/2019
Sorry for double-posting. It wouldn’t go the first time and I couldn’t even see the page. Just randomly tried again…ad it worked! Twice!
You know how the oxen pull weight at the fair…this is the opposite. Something is pulling him. A role reversal of sorts.
Haha–it’s their turn to ride:)
Laura, I too received the “warning” as Buffy described it. I didn’t let it stop me either, but it’s comforting to know that someone else saw it. 😉
Your picture reminded me of my oddest cow experience:
Like factory workers,
they lumbered up to the barn,
swollen utters swinging
like lunch pails.
Oh, what a visual! I remember visiting a dairy farm and being somewhat horrified by the milking machines. The whole thing was rather grotesque.
on the road again
traveling giant bovine
broadens feeding range
I guess as big as it is, it would run out of grass quickly!
poem By Jessica Bigi
Nope
not ever
did I see
lagooooo cows
roller-skating
down the highway
Just the though
laughed so
that I cried
Cows roller-skating–fun image!
poem By Jessica Bigi
My State Far Coloring Book
imagined Pull Bunion’s ox’s
traveling Minnesota’s
rods to the stat far
as I color out
side the lines
Ha! Love the local details, Jessica:>)