{"id":897,"date":"2013-02-21T00:43:08","date_gmt":"2013-02-21T00:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=897"},"modified":"2014-10-21T00:46:15","modified_gmt":"2014-10-21T00:46:15","slug":"poem-to-a-cow-and-the-poets-who-wrote-about-her","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/poem-to-a-cow-and-the-poets-who-wrote-about-her\/","title":{"rendered":"Poem To A Cow and the Poets Who Wrote About Her"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&quot;Poem to a Cow and the Poets Who Wrote About Her&quot; (after she ate a Bible!)\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3dMEcVkY3rU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Poem in reply to the poem &#8220;Epistle to Hawkie the<br \/>\nCottier&#8217;s Cow on Hearing She Ate the Bible&#8221; by Samuel<br \/>\nWalker and William Mc Niece<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Stanza One &#8211; Address to the Poets<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Of this poem I have read but verses two<br \/>\nAnd greatly I wonder what spurred you<br \/>\nTo write this poem: what a thing to do<br \/>\nOn a topic so mundane<br \/>\nOf its like or sort I&#8217;ve read but few<br \/>\nAnd I doubt I will again<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stanza Two &#8211; Address To The Cow<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ah, old Hawkie the Cow, so fond of mooing<br \/>\nI&#8217;m sure in the Bible was lots of chewing<br \/>\nTo eat the Old Testament took some doing<br \/>\nSo many words<br \/>\nI&#8217;m sure you felt indigestion brewing<br \/>\nSoon afterwards!!!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stanza Three &#8211; Address To The Cow Continued<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Some day when I have words and time to spare<br \/>\nI shall be found sitting where<br \/>\n(Probably with feet up on a chair)<br \/>\nI&#8217;ll read with elation<br \/>\nOf you chewing your cud with pages to spare<br \/>\nFrom the Book of Revelation<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stanza Four &#8211; Address To The Reader<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I wonder when she ate grass<br \/>\nAnd the books through her stomach did pass<br \/>\nDid she suffer chronically from gas<br \/>\nAll the words written<br \/>\nAnd could it be used at service of mass<br \/>\nWhat she had shitten?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Poem in reply to the poem &#8220;Epistle to Hawkie the Cottier&#8217;s Cow on Hearing She Ate the Bible&#8221; by Samuel Walker and William Mc Niece Stanza One &#8211; Address to the Poets Of this poem I have read but verses two And greatly I wonder what spurred you To write &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[89,1094,6],"tags":[1100,1099,1101,1095],"class_list":["post-897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-funny-poems","category-ulster-scots","category-video-poetry","tag-cattle","tag-cow","tag-scots","tag-ulster","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-et","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4443,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/free-verse-in-free-flow\/","url_meta":{"origin":897,"position":0},"title":"Free Verse in Free Flow","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"27th January 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Random lines on a fleeting thought Wrought stanzas on the page...","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Non Rhyming Poems&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Non Rhyming Poems","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/category\/non-rhyming-poems\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1143,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/poem-for-a-nyeuck\/","url_meta":{"origin":897,"position":1},"title":"Poem for a Nyeuck","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"16th November 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"A smart word for everyone And for strangers a disparaging look He sits making himself heard to all With a skit, hes known as the nyeuck. 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