He's tended his sheep with ardent protection
making sure that they move in the right direction,
what they didn't know, poor innocents, is where they were headed
off to be shorn and their wool to be shredded.
Nurtured in fresh fields as nature intended
upon their protector they had depended,
little did they understand their imminent fate
down to the docks and shoved into a crate.
The shepherd alone in the fields where he could run free
no thought of his nudity you'd have to agree,
for now he is herding them right through the town
for starkers is a dress that will draw many frowns!
Five sheep and nude shepherd is not often seen
unless you've had one too many and your sight's in between,
as both wander along unaware of the talk they create
one will be dressed, the others undressed on a plate!
Author notes
The statue is called Paternoster and is by Elizabeth Frink and was unveiled in 1975.
Photo by cricketjeff
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Is it one too many or just enough?
Not quite sure! I rather fancy the lamb on a plate, I wonder if thre are any chops in the freezer ...
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Sheep in London is probably more unusual than a man in the nude! I enjoyed your write -- good flow and rhymes.
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This is cute and leaves smiles at the end. Lovely rhyme, rhythm and flow. I like the how it moves quickly for the reader grasping metphor that innocents will be sheared to walk exposed in spirit as others create talk. Nicely penned.
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great imagination , i will see the livestock market with new eyes now . good luck miss xx
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That's properly silly! I loved it. You know, at first I was thinking this must be a Christian poem. The shepherd and the sheep.
I have a character in my stories who tends goats. He'd fit closely, since he wears very little and lives a life of a hermit in the wilderness. Cute poem, caught my eye. But, all your work does
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