Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FOX FARM, by JAMES HARRISON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: In the pasture a shire Last Line: Woman's neck. Alternate Author Name(s): Harrison, Jim Subject(s): Animals; Farm Life; Foxes; Horses; Wilderness; Agriculture; Farmers | ||||||||
In the pasture a shire whose broad muscles once drew a hayrake, a plough, can't hold the weight of his great head and neck -- he will be fed to the foxes. And the Clydesdales and saddle nags that stray along the fence with limps and sagging bellies, with rheumy eyes (one has no tail). But the foxes not having known field or woods, bred, born in long rows of hutches, will die to adorn some woman's neck. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...KICKING THE LEAVES by DONALD HALL THE FARMER'S BOY: WINTER by ROBERT BLOOMFIELD THE FARMER'S BOY: SPRING by ROBERT BLOOMFIELD THE FARMER'S BOY: SUMMER by ROBERT BLOOMFIELD THE FARMER'S BOY: AUTUMN by ROBERT BLOOMFIELD THE IDEA OF BALANCE IS TO BE FOUND IN HERONS AND LOONS by JAMES HARRISON |
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