Pining for All the Days to Come
There are baby cows
on the neighbor’s farm again
like every year around this time
little shadows
romping beside their mothers
in lush grass and sunshine.
I know in a few short weeks,
the babies will disappear,
and the moms will wander
lost along the fence row
mooing and crooning
for the bleats of their babes,
searching,
forever searching.
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OK, I’m bawling along with the cows!
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And for reason that is not clear to me, this poem says more using “baby cows” than it would with “calves.”
It came into. my head as “baby cows,” and I considered changing it, but it didn’t feel right to say calves. I’m glad to know it seems to work. Thank you!
I’m glad you didn’t change it, then. ‘Baby’ gives the poem so much more power, so that our hearts can break along with the mothers.
Oh you capture that sad sound so well
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Really love this