Free Verse Collection
Viewing comments for Chapter 7 "Ruminations"A collection of free verse poems
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Comment from lyenochka
It does make me wonder. I've heard that cows cry on the way to the slaughterhouse as if they knew. I like how start with the eyes and wonder what is in that mind and then to the stomach which reminds us that the animal will also feed other stomachs. Great rumination in this one!
reply by the author on 06-Mar-2018
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It does make me wonder. I've heard that cows cry on the way to the slaughterhouse as if they knew. I like how start with the eyes and wonder what is in that mind and then to the stomach which reminds us that the animal will also feed other stomachs. Great rumination in this one!
Comment Written 03-Mar-2018
reply by the author on 06-Mar-2018
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Many thanks for your review, Helen. Much appreciated. Yes, the cramped conditions of cattle trucks and the sense of pandemonium makes one think twice. Fortunately ours are taken to market quietly and killed quickly. It is their good fortune that this method produces much tenderer beef. I'm happy for their sake, too. Best wishes, Tony
Comment from Joy Graham
Oh that's so sad that she'll go to the slaughterhouse. It's so awful. Thank goodness we humans don't end up in a slaughterhouse. I don't know what kind of animal that is? Your poem has impacted my thoughts now.
Joy xx
reply by the author on 06-Mar-2018
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Oh that's so sad that she'll go to the slaughterhouse. It's so awful. Thank goodness we humans don't end up in a slaughterhouse. I don't know what kind of animal that is? Your poem has impacted my thoughts now.
Joy xx
Comment Written 03-Mar-2018
reply by the author on 06-Mar-2018
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Many thanks for your review, Joy. Much appreciated. The animal is a Highland cow, photographed on the Isle of Mull in Scotland. Best wishes, Tony
Comment from His Grayness
I am truly saddened to rate this outstanding work without having the sixth star it truly deserves, as the total delivery from opening photo through entire dialog is perfect in every way! My thanks to this very gifted author for a truly wonderful work! HIS GRAYNESS; Vance
reply by the author on 06-Mar-2018
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I am truly saddened to rate this outstanding work without having the sixth star it truly deserves, as the total delivery from opening photo through entire dialog is perfect in every way! My thanks to this very gifted author for a truly wonderful work! HIS GRAYNESS; Vance
Comment Written 03-Mar-2018
reply by the author on 06-Mar-2018
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Many thanks for your review, Vance. Much appreciated. Best wishes, Tony
Comment from RGstar
Bravo, you took the mundane and turned it into art. Superb wording, and rhetorical the question, for the answer seems inevitable but only when we ourselves change.
Bravo.
Best Wishes, Tony.
RG
reply by the author on 07-Mar-2018
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Bravo, you took the mundane and turned it into art. Superb wording, and rhetorical the question, for the answer seems inevitable but only when we ourselves change.
Bravo.
Best Wishes, Tony.
RG
Comment Written 03-Mar-2018
reply by the author on 07-Mar-2018
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Very many thanks for your review of Ruminations, Roy, and for the six stars. Most generous and deeply appreciated! Best wishes, Tony
Comment from trimple
Hello there, Tony
Ignorance is bliss I guess. We deem the beasts we eat as dumb and so for their sakes as well as our own conscience... it is undoubtedly better for all concerned when the killing comes.
On the other hand... I'm told that the average pig is as, if not more intelligent than our pet dogs.
Having security (namely the fence you refer too) could be considered reassuring to the ignorant beast born on the farm for I'm sure that deep within their biology, they fear the likes of wild dogs n so on. But do they crave freedom? Not sure many bovines try to break out of ya average field.
If however, we consider ourselves in this same situation... I dare say that confinement of any type is considered jail-like... but as with the beasts... security can come at a price too... some good n some bad.
kind regards
tracey
really liked this...
reply by the author on 07-Mar-2018
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Hello there, Tony
Ignorance is bliss I guess. We deem the beasts we eat as dumb and so for their sakes as well as our own conscience... it is undoubtedly better for all concerned when the killing comes.
On the other hand... I'm told that the average pig is as, if not more intelligent than our pet dogs.
Having security (namely the fence you refer too) could be considered reassuring to the ignorant beast born on the farm for I'm sure that deep within their biology, they fear the likes of wild dogs n so on. But do they crave freedom? Not sure many bovines try to break out of ya average field.
If however, we consider ourselves in this same situation... I dare say that confinement of any type is considered jail-like... but as with the beasts... security can come at a price too... some good n some bad.
kind regards
tracey
really liked this...
Comment Written 03-Mar-2018
reply by the author on 07-Mar-2018
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Very many thanks for your review of Ruminations, Tracy, and for the six stars and perceptive comments. Most generous and much appreciated! Best wishes, Tony
Comment from Sharon Haiste
Your well written verse is a good match for the picture of the Highland Cow.
I don't think that cows need any deeper thinking. They're pretty dumb and happy that way.
Thank yo for sharing this with us.
Sharon
reply by the author on 06-Mar-2018
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Your well written verse is a good match for the picture of the Highland Cow.
I don't think that cows need any deeper thinking. They're pretty dumb and happy that way.
Thank yo for sharing this with us.
Sharon
Comment Written 03-Mar-2018
reply by the author on 06-Mar-2018
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Many thanks for your review, Sharon. Much appreciated. Best wishes, Tony
Comment from Fridayauthor
Food for thought, with no pun intended. This thoughtful poem seems to present a question, asking for the definition of contentment. I guess we all try to find it in different ways, and in different places.
Very well done. A most enjoyable read.
Thank you.
reply by the author on 06-Mar-2018
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Food for thought, with no pun intended. This thoughtful poem seems to present a question, asking for the definition of contentment. I guess we all try to find it in different ways, and in different places.
Very well done. A most enjoyable read.
Thank you.
Comment Written 03-Mar-2018
reply by the author on 06-Mar-2018
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Many thanks for your review, Fridayauthor. Much appreciated. Best wishes, Tony
Comment from johnwilson
Leave it to you, Tony, to push to reader to think about cows, their uncertain future, human's failings and future, and life in general. I enjoy the way your mind fabricates something from everything we touch with our senses. You've done it again. Deserving of a sixth star, and I hope it will be included in your next book.
reply by the author on 07-Mar-2018
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Leave it to you, Tony, to push to reader to think about cows, their uncertain future, human's failings and future, and life in general. I enjoy the way your mind fabricates something from everything we touch with our senses. You've done it again. Deserving of a sixth star, and I hope it will be included in your next book.
Comment Written 03-Mar-2018
reply by the author on 07-Mar-2018
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Very many thanks for your review of Ruminations, Clem. I sent the manuscript of my latest book of poems to the publisher last week, and so I guess this one will have to be put aside for some future publication! Best wishes, Tony
Comment from Boogienights
I really hope that there isn't much going on in a cows mind at all because I love meat and it would be terrible if they knew their fate. I might have to become a vegetarian! Loved this poem, thanks for sharing.
reply by the author on 03-Mar-2018
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I really hope that there isn't much going on in a cows mind at all because I love meat and it would be terrible if they knew their fate. I might have to become a vegetarian! Loved this poem, thanks for sharing.
Comment Written 03-Mar-2018
reply by the author on 03-Mar-2018
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I guess that if they were consumed with worry, it would only make the steaks tougher.
Comment from Joan E.
She seems rather "brindled" as well. Many thanks for your thought-provoking, free verse. I admired the double entendre with "ruminations" and know that there are not enough vegetarians to "make her more secure". Sighs- Joan
reply by the author on 03-Mar-2018
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She seems rather "brindled" as well. Many thanks for your thought-provoking, free verse. I admired the double entendre with "ruminations" and know that there are not enough vegetarians to "make her more secure". Sighs- Joan
Comment Written 03-Mar-2018
reply by the author on 03-Mar-2018
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True, but if we were all vegetarian, then that would signal the extinction of the domestic cow! No more protection from where the wild things are!