[Graham King]

Originally Posted by John Whitworth

...
The sheep is forlorn but the cow is forlorner,
Standing in a field with a leg at each corner.

Is this cow a mythically-giant one, then, or is its 'field' a mere patch?

[Jerome Betts]

A cow! A cow! My kingdom for a cow!
Ah no, my boy, it was another beast,
But if the wretched Richard lived here now
He might well find them transposed at the feast . . .

[Brian Allgar]

In other words,

Cow course
Now horse.

[Rob Stuart]

A last minute effort!


The lad exclaimed 'Look, Dad, a cow!'
His father gaily laughed,
Then frowned and said 'It’s scary how
You’re growing up so daft.

‘The milkman may provide us milk,
But that does not equate
With being of the bovine ilk,
As you insinuate.

‘I wonder just what kind of stuff
You're learning at that school;
It seems you barely know enough
To qualify a fool.

'The teachers that I had in class
Continually strove
To hone my mind. But yours? Alas.
I blame that Michael Gove.'

[John Whitworth]

Well done, feller. And well done for reminding me to send!

[Janice D. Soderling]

this Eliot poem

Yet this timid creature came from the Midwest where there are more cows than poems.

Maybe he didn't get his specs until he went to Britain.

You guys are brilliant. I'm falling off my seat laughing.