Short Coops Poems

Jest falseless truths, absolutes  POLITICAL caucus coops ?



5/16/21
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr © 2021...

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Feeders

Drinkers

Perches

Beds and nests

Crates

Lighting system

Waste disposal system

Incubator

Heaters and brooders

Egg trays

Cages and coops

Constant chat

We were burning
When they were busy laughing, mocking!
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Yes, I miss the roosters, 
like Gabriel's Horn calling me home, 
Summer mornings 4:00; 
Crayon Chickens 
drawing everywhere there was dirt, 
cackling, quarreling, 
Cu-cu-ling those weird worrying uh-ohs 
when the hawks circled, 
Fleeing for the coops or the trees;...

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Chickens we consign to coops
    Pigs we pack into pens
  Horses we corral in a stable
    Cows we stick in a shed

  Our children play in spacious playpens
    at night, like roses, they sleep in a bed
  Yet animals have fun, they feed and frolic
    ~ while asthmatic youngsters develop colic...

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spending sleepless night
extends his soft dawning touch ~
wakes up the lotus 

chill charm cloud maidens
sing dance hold beauty parades ~
his angry shades torch

scorches many buds
failing to get their consents ~
repents and calms down

like a groom on oath
plays touch-me-not with the fogs ~
exhibits his haste  

stars struggle to blink
newborn chicks in basket coops ~
he moves solemnly


10 November 2021...

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A well-water pump cranks out its iron-water
    crooked wire remains -- once, sturdy chicken coops
  The brackish, muddy area over there, the cowshed
    some withered trees dot the hills, bereft now of their fruit

  A few young lads herd goats, or perhaps they are living skeletons?
    cows with ribs exposed, horses with manes as limp as rags ...
  Some day they'll come again, the strong, determined youth
    to bale the hay, to turn the rocks over, to plow and seed relentlessly ......

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