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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE POEMS OF PICKUP: 28, by HAN SHAN Poet's Biography
First Line: A flock of timid sheep
Last Line: Chomp chomp till nothing's left
Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan
Subject(s): Chinese Literature; Food & Eating; Sheep
First Line: A flock of timid sheep
Last Line: Chomp chomp till nothing's left
Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan
Subject(s): Chinese Literature; Food & Eating; Sheep
A flock of timid sheep
skirt the hills and keep to valleys
preferring man-made pens
to being chased by wolves
nor do they stop multiplying
until they fill someone's gut
food for men from head to tail
chomp chomp till nothing's left
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THE BLIND SHEEP by RANDALL JARRELL
MATANZA TO WELCOME SPRING by JIMMY SANTIAGO BACA
BLACK SHEEP by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON
A CHILD'S PET by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES
THE LOST SHEEP by SARAH PRATT MCCLAIN GREENE
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