Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CO' BOSS, by EDWARD MERRILL ROOT Poet's Biography First Line: Co' boss, co' boss!' he calls Last Line: "co' boss"" across the wall." Alternate Author Name(s): Root, E. Merrill Subject(s): Shepherds & Shepherdesses | ||||||||
"Co' Boss, Co' Boss!" he calls Across the heaped stone-walls. The brown, deliberate cows Stare as he shouts, then browse With placid deep-lunged "Whoofs!" And calm, unhurrying hoofs. "Co' Boss, Co' Boss!" he calls; And now a birch bar falls -- He drops the long bars down To let the browsing brown Rich-uddered Jerseys thru: But they stand still and chew. "Co' Boss, Co' Boss!" And now At last a single cow Obeys his sultry shout And ambles bawling out; Then out (quite nonchalantly) Sidle the other three. Each night, since he was eight, He's called cows thru this gate And he is fifty now -- This servant of a cow. He'll call "Co' Boss" until Mould chokes his old mouth still: Then other men will call "Co' Boss" across the wall. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE LOVING SHEPHERDESS by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE SHEPHERD by ARTHUR CHRISTOPHER BENSON A TIMOROUS SHEPHERD by MORRIS GILBERT BISHOP THE HEART'S RETURN by EDWIN MARKHAM THE SONG OF THE SHEPHERDS by EDWIN MARKHAM THE GREEN SHEPHERD by LOUIS SIMPSON AUTOCHTHONIC TERCET: 2 by CESAR VALLEJO THE STORY THE SHEPHERD TELLS THE SHEEP by LUCILLE CLIFTON THE SHEPHERD, FR. SONGS OF INNOCENCE by WILLIAM BLAKE CARPENTER OF ETERNITY by EDWARD MERRILL ROOT |
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