The Goatherd
...Under the old mango tree
The goatherd is a young lady
Holding cane with her right
The sun is shining very bright
Herds of goats, she got plenty
Eating grasses, wild and free
Grasses you...
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Categories:
goatherd, nature,
Form: Rhyme
Back To You Billy, For Ways I Whiled Away Herding Ennui
...Back to you Billy, for ways I whiled away herding ennui
Ah...a flood of memories wash over
this anointed Goatama Boo Da,
whose respected G.O.A.T status
among generic green acres,
which swathe...
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Categories:
goatherd, 12th grade, 1st grade,
Form: Rhyme
Lonely Goat Turd
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[ to the tune of The Lonely Goatherd ]
High on a hill sat a lonely goat turd;
He was by himself ‘cuz the goat was through.
Waiting to be eaten by a gross bird
And recycled, t...
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Categories:
goatherd, nonsense, parody,
Form: Lyric
At Caedmon's Grave
...At Cædmon’s Grave
At Caedmon's Grave
by Michael R. Burch
“Cædmon’s Hymn,” composed at the Monastery of Whitby (a North Yorkshire fishing village), is one of the oldest known poems written in the...
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Categories:
goatherd, angel, bible, christian, england,
Form: Sonnet
The Fluatist
...The goatherd sat beneath the bo tree
On his flute playing his favourite melody
His loneliness no one could tell
His music only the meadows could spell
Along came a fair maiden her water jug to fi...
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Categories:
goatherd, romance,
Form: Romanticism
Just Praising
...I'm praising the Lord, will you come and join me,
Praising His name all through the day.
I'm praising the Lord, will you come and join me,
And we will be blessed along the way.
Singing praise t...
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Categories:
goatherd, happiness, inspirational, life, me,
Form: Lyric
Sheepish Goat
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For several years, I've been a raftsman every summer
Ferrying herds and noisy folks across this gray river
Who shout, argue and fight about this body of water
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Categories:
goatherd, funnyriver,
Form: Tail-rhyme
What Might Get My Goat
...For several years, I've been a raftsman every summer,
ferrying herds and noisy folks across this gray river
who shout and argue about this body of water.
The goat-like...
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Categories:
goatherd, funnyriver,
Form: Rhyme
The Goatherd's Crooked Staff
...Tuesday Lobsang Rampa made
tea so his Third Eye could open
to see dreams fortifying in aspiring hearts
as they reach for the next beat in their comings and goings
Socrates played the lyre by
b...
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Categories:
goatherd, allegory, art, dedication, education,
Form: Dramatic Verse
What Gets My Goat
...For several years I've been a raftsman every summer,
ferrying herds and noisy folks across this gray river
who shout and argue about this body of water.
The goat-like shepherd ...
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Categories:
goatherd, funny, life, people, river,
Form: Rhyme