Animal Farm's Spring Fling - a Nursery Rhyme

Mother rams with baby lambs
for greener grass are hunting.
Mama cows spy mama sows
with piglets softly grunting.

Creature ma’ams are joined by dams
whose baby colts start snorting!
Calves and colts and pigs like dolts
in meadows are cavorting.

March 10, 2021
for Eve Roper's Nursery Rhyme Poetry Contest
(I learned a new word doing this, which kids might enjoy learning:
dams are female horses!)
From Wikipedia:
The word (dam) can also be used for other female equine animals, particularly mules and zebras . . . A horse's female parent is known as its dam. An uncastrated adult male horse is called a stallion and a castrated male is a gelding.

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Date: 3/13/2021 12:56:00 AM
Lovely little rhyme with lots of new words, Andrea:)
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Date: 3/12/2021 6:55:00 AM
This is wonderful! You should be included in the next edition of Mother Goose.
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Date: 3/12/2021 3:50:00 AM
Andrea, I learnt some words I didn't knew before... from this poem... Such a sweet rhyme, within each line too, there are rhymes that flow. Congrats on your win dear... Hugs.. ~ Ani
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Date: 3/12/2021 3:05:00 AM
- A lovely Nursery Rhyme :) - Congratulations on your win, Andrea :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)
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Date: 3/12/2021 2:53:00 AM
Congrats on your winning work. Enjoyed reading. Sara
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Date: 3/11/2021 5:53:00 PM
Congrats on your win and... great lesson, Andrea ~
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Date: 3/11/2021 5:07:00 PM
This is terrific, Andrea! 'Hunting and grunting,' 'Cavorting and snorting' -- just love the rhymes. It reads wonderfully for a little kid. Very deserving win in the contest. You must be a kid at heart!! Light and Illumination, Gershon
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Andrea Dietrich
Date: 3/11/2021 5:42:00 PM
thanks and yes, in numerology I have two of the three Peter Pan numbers: 5 and 7
Date: 3/11/2021 4:59:00 PM
Such a lovely write Andrea...animal babies are so cute....much love and congrats.
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Date: 3/11/2021 4:13:00 PM
Hello Andrea … a joyful verse indeed Andrea. New born farm animals give so much joy in spring with their antics - thank you Andrea - Lindsay
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Date: 3/11/2021 2:58:00 PM
Congrats on your win, Andrea, I love a rhyme within a line (eg mother rams with baby lambs) and you achieve it perfectly. Well done. Terry
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Date: 3/11/2021 2:32:00 PM
Andrea, fantastic nursery rhyme with great flow and rhythm. Congratulations on your win. Hugs Eve
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Date: 3/11/2021 2:21:00 PM
Dropping back with my congrats Andrea:-) hugs Jan xx
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Date: 3/11/2021 1:12:00 PM
Hi Andrea, I'm just coming back to say congratulations on a well-deserved win:-) Alexis
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Date: 3/11/2021 12:53:00 PM
Oh this was so much fun, I was sorry when it ended. Great rhyme and meter.
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Date: 3/11/2021 11:38:00 AM
Just charming and so delightful Andrea and so in the meter of a nursery rhyme! Lovely picture for a verbal lullaby! All the best for the contest. "Dams" are also mother dogs while the males are "sires."
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Andrea Dietrich
Date: 3/11/2021 5:07:00 PM
thanks for that cool tidbit
Date: 3/11/2021 9:47:00 AM
I didn't know "dams" are female horses, so I'm glad you mentioned it, Andrea. Your nursery rhyme has delightful images and creative internal rhymes in some lines. A great entry for Eve's contest! Wishing you a big win. Hugs, Carolyn
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Andrea Dietrich
Date: 3/11/2021 5:07:00 PM
thanks so much, my friend.
Date: 3/11/2021 6:38:00 AM
Hi Andrea, This is a good entry for the contest. I was clueless about “ dams” too. Best wishes in the contest:-) Alexis
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Date: 3/11/2021 4:33:00 AM
There is frolic of spring in every line--great images roam throughout, Andrea.
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Date: 3/11/2021 12:19:00 AM
That's a funny and interesting rhyme...
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Date: 3/10/2021 4:08:00 PM
what a charming rhyme and i didnt know that about dams:-) hugs jan xx
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