I see you running like on chariots of fire,

running gracefully to the pond.

And as you quench your thirst in the muddy water,

your graceful reflection scatters,

as though touched with a magic wand.

How my heart flutters when in orange moon-lit night,

I hear and see your babies,

what a delightful sight,

To see them running with pretended fright,

from a skunk full of foaming rabies.

How now moo cow, will you survive,

with wolves coming out from the woods,

like bees from a hive.

You group into threes and fives,

To protect your calves and precious goods.

My father and I, we take up our guns,

and we search for the coyote, that malicious mut,

who in the day appears to be fun,

but at night deprives us of our funds,

and so we go out and put poison in his gut.

Is it our fault that coyotes eat our cows?

That we took up all their range?

Or that game officials bow

to requests to protect our cows,

or are all coyotes all in the head, deranged?

Cows are cute,

Cows are fun,

Cow babies are a beaut'

and I laugh when then toot,

from out their little buns.

-Allen Roberts

Oh Sacred Cow

If you ask me

India is the place to be

There cows are sacred

none are objects of hatred

There cows roam free

like Povich, Maurey

but are not married to Connie Chung.

-G. Vincent

A sonnet

The wide expance of fields--bovine Eden

Landscape off my moo, moo dreams calls to me

Thoughts of childhood cows gets my heart bleedin'

I wnat to graze the sky so set me free.

The Cow God looms in prophetic vision

Mooing of life, of death, of fields to come

Moment of bovine, heavenly fission;

Moo, moo parts will not equal moo, moo sum.

I am a child who yearns to graze with cows,

I am a man who seeks to herd with love

While Farmer Death prepares, readies his plows

To churn another plot, 'neath sun above.

We graze, he churns, but soon he'll get to us

To squeeze our milk or squeeze our very life.

-Tudor Idris Lewis

True Love

A milkmaid called Maisy was milking the cow,

She'd filled seven buckets and then fed the sow,

The farmer came out and he gave her the sack,

So she turned the cow round and she poured the milk back

-Janet

Purple Cow

I've never seen a purple cow,

I never hope to see one,

but I can tell you anyhow,

I'd rather see then be one!

-Gelett Burgess

Queen ( a haiku)

Beautiful Holstein,

Who's milk helps give life to all;

a true dairy queen.

-Clover

Hero ( a haiku)

My Bovine hero,

from high atop the mountain,

strong and wise and proud.

-Clover

Roses are Red

Roses are red,

Violets are blue,

if I'm a cow,

whats that to you?

Well, thats it ya'll!

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