Poetry

Friday, 22 August 2025

Rambler's refrain

 Repeat after me:

I will not be cowed by the cows

I refuse to be bullied by the bulls

I won't be lambasted by the lambs

Nor stampeded by the stags

All these farm yard animal antics

Frozen in the field

Frightened by Frisians

Ghouled by the goose

Nor duped by the ducks

I will neither be hounded by hounds

Or alarmed by the llamas

I will be strong and centred and sound

I will stand my ground

In the face of shadowy cows

In the herring howls of horns

In the screeching jowls of gulls

In girlish growls of fowls

In foolish brows of owls

Or the horrid hoots of crows

The chalkish cheers of sheep

The balkish bawls and bleats

Of the unknown darkness sheets 

Please Pan to fall asleep

And ignore our rambling feet

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