Seem to be fewer heavy rain days. most people just see inconvenience and dicy traffic. kids getting soaked to and fro school hectic shopping cart rushes for groceries and zero rules obeyed in any parking lot. garbage collection job now one of the worst. but farmers see a day of novel inside chores Tractor tune-up. the dog goes off from squirrel-chase duty cattle in a field will cool and re-hydrate bunched shoulder to shoulder the soils drink in Life, and greedily. the wife’s veggy garden does a dance tomatoes smiling. And perhaps she has A much needed phone Call to her sister Four months into her cancer scare.
This field was loaded With fun, when bloodhound got Out on the run. A quick double-back. And surely a whack Was got from the Branch overhung. Fox’ bag was full Of cute pranks Some urine shot High up a bush Bespoke a beast Larger, not shy. And hound dog Would tremble the thought “This fox is much meaner Than I.” Much taller as well What the hell…I’m Flummoxed in This idiot’s eye. Good bye. (Art by Robert Bateman*) Reynard the Fox is one of the great poems of the English countryside and rural life. The headlong dash of John Masefield's narrative carries the reader on an exhilarating chase through the meadows and copses of the landscape the poet loved, pursued by a richly characterised community. https://allpoetry.com/Reynard-the-Fox----Part-1
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