Short Calves Poems

spring green pasture
dotted with new born white calves....
 large red fireant mounds  ...

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hungry lions watch
elephants with calves pass by ~
bulls charge at the pride


Written 19th March 2021  ...

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It's that beautiful time of the year!
The lambs and the calves are here.
Watching them play
Can take stress away
And bring to our hearts great cheer!...

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Thighs so bulky,
Calves,
Full of muscle,
Knees bare scars of the past,
Imperfect,
No doubt,
Though nonetheless,
They carry,
The weight of a soul on their wide feet...

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A
father
of abstract-
the herd followed
him

Inspired by Cows & Calves by Arthur Dove 
(the father of American abstraction)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Dove...

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The tree swayed,
While the kittens played,
The calves bumped,
As the rabbits jumped,

The grass will grow,
When the wind blows,
One day who knows,
I won't have to mow!...

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Dogs clearly possess it
Elephants care for young
Foxes protect their young kits
Giraffe’s calves are never shunned

But can they actually embrace them?

© Stacy Lynn Stiles...

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glaciers melt fast

     calves rush past -- ciao

              won't last long now   



          January 30, 2019
     Entry in "Than Bauk" contest
       Sponsor: Charles Messina...

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Roll on down the hill and rope one of those calves
I stare at the guy
He is a nut bucket

Not your bag?
Okay
Why don’t you climb into the corral with the bull

Now I know this guy is certifiable...

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the republic rears beef cattle
feeds so well dairy ones
and calves are so fat
slaughters them often
but does not sell
does not eat any 
does not export anyway
buries carcasses
in hot refrigerators...

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Vibrant Blue bird,  on weary wings – regales us all when it sings
Steaming calves, on wobbly legs – for mother’s milk their nudge begs
Buds fringed in green, on barren stem – we anticipate spring with each of them...

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The Calf Roper
By
Tom Wright

From the California town named Truckee,
Came a roper of calves nicknamed Bucky.
But calves would troop,
Through his lasso’s loop,
He still thought he had talent, just unlucky.
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ghostly beluga whales
shy and discerning
hide out in coves

manatees giggle their secrets
their calves are frisky and open

dolphins swim toward the boats
making friends with everyone

sharks wait for lunch
hoping to catch a whiff of blood...

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Working on grandparents' farm
Build som muscle - there's no harm!

Feed the calves; horses hay
Think I'm enjoying every day!

There sure is a lot to do
Feeding and riding to name a few!

When all the work is said and done
I'm just weary to the bone!...

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A thorn in the flesh of the green, green grass
Between the line painted straight,
And sometimes bended.

The reek of the starters gun so black
The bulge of the rippling calves, sometimes slack,
As spikes rip through the blades
Of turf so lovingly tended....

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breast milk brewed
in factories liberated
colostrum in packets
saints steal the milk
of calves drink then pray
believing in a myth
heat of love in plastic
bags swollen
while leaves eat the sun
turning green we destroy them
honey bees are flying back wards...

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Galactic gales of worldly rows
Binds unto the carpets of earthly vows
Beyond the briny waters is the land of stars
Scintillating with vibrant thoughts 
Scattered hopes of all sorts
The waves that follow the creative salves
Roars and rises to nourish the new calves...

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What forbidden fruits I vie 
Offered on a golden thigh,
Calves and sculptured feet
More gentle, more smooth and firm.
A fleeting smile and glance 
Softer words and fuller lips
Brighter eyes and giving touch,
A ready ripefullness to merge,
And come together, 
Is not for us....

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Shut up and go away please
Meowing cats are getting to me 
In the middle of the night for food or company
Shut up and go away please
Stop scratching my calves I want to sleep
Daytime is for food, love and games 
Shut up and go away please
Meowing cats are getting to me...

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Showering
Knob all the way left

Skin on my calves 
Burning crimson
Tingling with heat

Scrub it off
     off
          off

Scratch the fingerprints out
Of my screaming pores
Pull every hair
He ever touched
Out of my scalp
Replace myself
With new pieces
Of me...

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tiny hands, small feet
chuckling little laughs
I can't have a seat
burning in my calves
when is my retreat?

Messes all day
overthrown by smiles
child lead the way
track them for miles

one small step
turns to leaps
where's time kept?

not here...
not there...

WHERE?...

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Majestic and tall,
This velvet antlered stag king
Patrols his realm so
 
With herd so mighty
Hinds bow heads as he passes;
Newborn calves frolic
 
Highland heather blooms
Snow capped mountains, horizon view
Kingdom of the glens.


http://www.thehighlanderspoems.com/scotland.php...

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March nights, cold and bitter,

       Awaiting spring

         Just teasingly out of sight.


       Cold feet pressed up against

         The warm calves

        Of a muttering bedmate.


      "Are you keeping those

             In the freezer?"

        His almost nightly refrain....

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Violent walls of black drift across cobalt skies
trees twisted and mangled by turbulent wind
rain in sheets of glass from heavens rush
rivers fill with natures eroding water

In the silent aftermath,
birds sing to a shining sun
colts and calves dance in green pastures
frolicking to the new days tune.

7/23/2019...

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My face is sunburned crimson, the skin
on my forearms is peeling off, bruises
appear on my biceps, a red gash
gashes across the front of my shoulder, my calves
tighten, my thumb joint
makes it painful to write, I can’t really explain
what’s wrong with the side of my neck
but my heart feels good
for the first time
in twelve days....

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