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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Daniel Avatar
March 13, 2021 at 12:56 AM
Lovely little rhyme with lots of new words, Andrea:)
Cheney Avatar
March 12, 2021 at 6:55 AM
This is wonderful! You should be included in the next edition of Mother Goose.
Jayasankar Avatar
March 12, 2021 at 3:50 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
Andresen Avatar
March 12, 2021 at 3:05 AM
- A lovely Nursery Rhyme :) - Congratulations on your win, Andrea :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)
Kendrick Avatar
March 12, 2021 at 2:53 AM
Congrats on your winning work. Enjoyed reading. Sara
Gauthier Avatar
March 11, 2021 at 5:53 PM
Congrats on your win and... great lesson, Andrea ~
Wolf Avatar
March 11, 2021 at 5:07 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
Dietrich Avatar
March 11, 2021 at 5:42 PM
thanks and yes, in numerology I have two of the three Peter Pan numbers: 5 and 7
Mitra Avatar
March 11, 2021 at 4:59 PM
Such a lovely write Andrea...animal babies are so cute....much love and congrats.
Laurie Avatar
March 11, 2021 at 4:13 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
Flood Avatar
March 11, 2021 at 2:58 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
Roper Avatar
March 11, 2021 at 2:32 PM
Andrea, fantastic nursery rhyme with great flow and rhythm. Congratulations on your win. Hugs Eve
Allison Avatar
March 11, 2021 at 2:21 PM
Dropping back with my congrats Andrea:-) hugs Jan xx
Y. Avatar
March 11, 2021 at 1:12 PM
Hi Andrea, I'm just coming back to say congratulations on a well-deserved win:-) Alexis
Kiser Avatar
March 11, 2021 at 12:53 PM
Oh this was so much fun, I was sorry when it ended. Great rhyme and meter.
Kauffman Avatar
March 11, 2021 at 11:38 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."
Dietrich Avatar
March 11, 2021 at 5:07 PM
thanks for that cool tidbit
Devonshire Avatar
March 11, 2021 at 9:47 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
Dietrich Avatar
March 11, 2021 at 5:07 PM
thanks so much, my friend.
Y. Avatar
March 11, 2021 at 6:38 AM
Hi Andrea, This is a good entry for the contest. I was clueless about “ dams” too. Best wishes in the contest:-) Alexis
Pandit Avatar
March 11, 2021 at 4:33 AM
There is frolic of spring in every line--great images roam throughout, Andrea.
Kannan Avatar
March 11, 2021 at 12:19 AM
That's a funny and interesting rhyme...
Allison Avatar
March 10, 2021 at 4:08 PM
what a charming rhyme and i didnt know that about dams:-) hugs jan xx
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