Sad Farm Poems

Dawn of spring brings chickens in the family way
When humans are busy gazing at the flowers,
The chickens have got their love priorities right
Instead of lazing...

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an actor he was typecast

a soldier hit by a blast

but as of right now

he milks a sad cow

farming a dramatic past.
...

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Oh, the piggy loves you
The piggy loves me
The piggy is homeless, 
yessiree. 

Give the pig a cookie
Give the pig a bed
Or maybe a sarcophagus, 
in...

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A farmer was selling his farm
When suddenly he was alarm
When the animals got mad
Some even were sad
So, they swood the farmer with charm...

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A little doll, that baby goat
Unsteady legs and soft brown coat
A wonderful addition to the farm

In front of you, before you knew
Just sprouted up and...

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Chickens

In the small box 
on the counter, 
there are ten tiny chickens. 
They are so little, 
you can hold them in your hand. 
They make...

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Aunt June

My aunt taught me... 
how to be; a sewer, a grower, 
a knower of "things" important. 
She taught me to watch the pot, 
until...

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To build a house out in the wood?
We had the feeling that we could,
But one thing’s clear, we understood
It’s water first, or all in vain.

We...

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I belonged to a family of farmers, we had farmed for generations;
And we were true to our land, as blooms loyal to sweet sensations.

I knew...

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There’s a load of dust and sweat pulling my ole tired mussels 
           down
 ...

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I pack eggs on a chicken farm.
Their colours range from brown to white.
Quite often in this line of work
I see some funny sites!

When walking through...

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Straddling Town boundary, brick spawl
Hill vista stabled horse sanctity five acres
Dishes decades of rural dream enthrall
Imprisons middle aged, once a girl elated

Saddle, bridle, hay bales,...

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My pet duck went away to the farm 
To live with all the other ducks 
Why can’t we visit him; what's the harm?
To go, you...

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[In the spirit of ‘Old Macdonald’, I envisage a class
full of kids filling the space between stanzas with
moo’s, quacks and dings etc as appropriate. Of...

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Today started out bright and shiny
Then suddenly turned cloudy and sad
Doesn't take much to turn it around
To change a good day to bad

Something that seems...

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