Kim Rodrigues Poet Sijo

Wolves On the Ranch

Sheep are shorn
not because it’s Spring wool has grown too long

Shivering as Winter’s blades dig in
furthering suff’ring’s wrong

The shepherd unsheathes his sword,
“vengeance is mine,” the Lord’s song

7/28/2020

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Gershon Wolf August 2, 2020 at 1:42 PM Seems the shepherd might take his cues from the True Shepherd. ~ A shepsel (little sheep in Yiddish) Kim Rodrigues August 2, 2020 at 6:22 PM Thank you for the share...and the sharing of yiddish

Caren Krutsinger July 29, 2020 at 10:18 AM "furthering suff'ring's wrong" - indeed! Hear! Hear! Kim Rodrigues July 30, 2020 at 3:48 AM Thanks, Caren!

Vijay Pandit July 29, 2020 at 4:52 AM It doesn't come across as gentle, or caring process, especially when you see it happening standing close by--I get the point of your write, Kim. Kim Rodrigues July 30, 2020 at 3:48 AM Thank you, Vijay!

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart July 28, 2020 at 6:26 PM This is rich. I”m not exactly sure what it means only that I feel its magnitude. xomo Kim Rodrigues July 28, 2020 at 6:45 PM And that is enough for me from a fellow poet! Hugs!