Still working on ways to get Songs for Animals out into the world.* In the meantime, here's a poem that raises more questions than it answers.
Animal queries
Can a cow be bullish?
Can a snail be sluggish?
Can a bird be batty?
Can a dog be catty?
Can a sheep be hammy?
Can a crab be clammy?
Can you rat on a mouse?
Can you pigeonhole grouse?
Can you scapegoat a moose?
Can you duck a goose?
Can you badger a goat?
Can you frogmarch a stoat?
Can you ape a baboon?
Can you hog a raccoon?
Can a trout chicken out?
Can a crow lark about?
Can you toady to a frog?
Can you outfox a dog?
Can a bull be cowed?
Is any of this allowed?
*Let me know if you're currently sleeping with the children's editor of Faber.
I like the way that rhyme scheme goes two by two by two by two...
Posted by: Rish | 10 September 2009 at 08:31
Thanks Rishi - of course, all my poems work on multiple hidden levels and are far more sophisticated than they appear.
Posted by: Nick Asbury | 10 September 2009 at 09:52
That's great, Nick. Do you have a complete collection yet?
Posted by: John Simmons | 10 September 2009 at 19:21
That's a good question. Think so - about 30 poems, some in need of a polish.
Posted by: Nick Asbury | 10 September 2009 at 21:32