Milkmaid

MY VERY FIRST

milkmaid4 — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 04:31:09 +0000

I told someone quite awhile ago (can’t recall who) that
I would post my first waka on my blog. Soooo…..here it is.

Awestruck by the Sky

Fluffy Periwinkle wing

Race the redding clouds

Now blended together pass

Into the dark evening shade

I hope this poem puts a pleasant picture into your mind and captures the sky forever in type. I must say, there are many better waka writers even in the modern world, but I thought I would try anyway. Writers like M.kei manage to express their intense feelings in one tight, but still intense and captivating poem.

Note: I would not recommend the poet, M.kei, to readers under 15 years old due to some problems he expresses in rather extreme detail.

upon simple

milkmaid4 — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 04:26:43 +0000

dear cow caretakers ,

when your cow gets out did you ever,

play round and round the mulberry bush fifteen hundred times with a half-grown steer(mulberry bush is quite literal ) then realize, humm…. you know I could just go entice my lovely bovine with grain?

try to get a cow AND two calves to go thru the spot that the water has risen up over the fence line ,in the hopes that they wouldn’t remember there was fence there and go right thru?

did you ever get bonked on the forehead by your cows furry poll , in her attempt to get to the grain you were climbing her milking pen with?That will give you a headache the size of Texas by the way.

or run around the barnyard with your escaped cow who is at full gallop,just because you forgot to latch the gate ?

tried to calm your halter fearful cow?

or maybe seen your sweet furry bovine EAT a large frog?(I always thought that cows were herbivores ,guess not .)

seen your cow flip straw bales( used for wind protection) across the pen up in the air and back again ? THAT is very amusing.

or maybe had your cow give you a full face scratchy slurp?

If you have not seen your cow do these things or anything else weird ,let more time pass, surely your cow will do something weird ! For those who do not have cattle, I hope you enjoyed these adventures I have currently shared!Some of those adventures show how simple a cows’ thought pattern really is and some display my simpleness .That is no matter, sometimes simple is good.

Owwww!

milkmaid4 — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 03:33:55 +0000

This particular black and white feline, Mackintosh, as mentioned before in the previous post got ran over by a truck a few days ago.We had put him outside to enjoy the nice weather and I guess he did not know the danger of trucks quite yet. His hind legs were broken but no external bleeding. The poor kitty was then quickly taken to the vet , where they determined that there was internal bleeding ,which was odd because no blood was coming out of his nose. He died at the vet office , and my sweet brother ,Linden,said he would bury him for me. So Mackintosh is no more,which is a little sad . I will miss the little thumbtack.I say thumbtack because you could literally take him off your shoulder and stick him to any cloth surface ,even hanging up coats and he would stay !

HELLOOOOO!

milkmaid4 — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:39:55 +0000

anybody home? It is getting kinda lonely over here, all by myself.

I COULD write a poem for you but, I imagine you guys are pretty tired of poetry by now ,soooo…… I ‘ll think of something else . oh, I’ve got it , how about a picture! I could show you a pic of my face with a chicken RIGHT next to it , so you can see what i really look like !

ah,well sorry i could not find the chicken, but here is my kitty

he is called anything from Thumbtack to Gateway:) and generally rides around ,sticks to my shoulders too.Though his real name for vet records is mackintosh , like the apple he is NEVER called that , mainly i suppose because you don’t call something an endearing name when it is clinging to your shoulder for dear life!

A Remembrance and a Discovery

milkmaid4 — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 05:11:07 +0000

Yesterday, I remembered something from a book set in Japan 1858. I shall not tell which book; that would be too embarrassing! So with the aid of ever trusty Google I looked up waka, and this is what I found. Waka is a form of Japanese poetry dating back to the 7th century A.D.!

Waka does not rhyme. Indeed, if one of these poems rhymes even by accident it will be considered faulty. A good waka must have something of the seasons, a sense of quiet, and an underlying feeling of mystery .

There are two common forms of waka: choka and Tanka. Choka was a solemn form while tanka expressed more emotion. Choka consists of 5-7 Japanese sound units, phrases repeated at least twice and concluding with a 5-7-7 ending. Sadly, however, it fizzled out of many poets’ minds. Tanka though lived on even to the modern-day and consists also of five units (often treated as separate lines) with a 5-7-5-7-7 pattern. The 5-7-5 is the upper phrase and the 7-7 is the lower phrase .

Waka was often exchanged instead of letters, particularly among lovers. There was also a game where one poet started a waka, sent it to another poet, who then finished it and sent it back. Very interesting don’t you think? I think I will try my hand at waka sometime!

Not complete?Maybe ,maybe not

milkmaid4 — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 01:19:28 +0000

I’m trying to decide just that so ummm…I’m wondering if somebody could help me tell if it is or not and if it qualifies as poetry and other things ?I won’t even give “it” a name yet (or ever if you don’t think) .So here it is

Thundering along

an open road atop

a majestic beast

Its tail is flying

Its mane is crying

Its hide is sweating dew

here am I gasping for breath

and enjoying the racing view

leaving my worries far behind

upon the wind of day

so soon ,so soon

must we stop

I do hear myself say

never the less

I take him in

and groom the gleaming steed

Oh, what a joy to have

such a beast

a joy ,a joy

Indeed.

So what do you think? Personally, I think it describes very nicely the “riding with the wind” feeling you get when you ride a horse very fast, but that is just my opinion. I would really like to read your opinions! Oh, did anybody figure that the beast was a horse or at least equine of some kind?

Snerk!

milkmaid4 — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 05:12:08 +0000

This is Bear ,our male Newfoundland dog.

He will literally EAT(or at least suck on and spit out because of foul taste)

anything from a whole baked potato to lego men to green rubber lizards! In other words this is a genuine Hoover ,only in the form of a big ,black shaggy,water dog.

“ I WILL kill this gator i’m a big tough newf!

Pieces of Poetry

milkmaid4 — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 22:29:03 +0000

WINTER

winter that feisty lad

full of tricks,yet ever glad

dancing and twirling along with the wind

singing and whirling, snowflakes’ best friend

turn your back and he’ll blow you away

to see no more snowflakes whirling today

Don’t freak out!Please.

milkmaid4 — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 07:23:14 +0000

Just so you know I’m not really scary at all just haven’t done this sort of thing before.One thing this blog won’t be is all pictures,or silly things. There will be a mix of fun and serious with an ocasianl pic.Also I’m not a very good speller,hope you don’t mind! I’ll try to post at least weekly,mainly on daily life but for a good variety might throw in poetry and deep thoughts!