Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ncsu.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!zehntel!dual!amd70!decwrl!decvax!mcnc!ncsu!atb From: atb@ncsu.UUCP (Andrew T Brown) Newsgroups: net.jokes Subject: cow poems Message-ID: <2608@ncsu.UUCP> Date: Tue, 5-Jun-84 14:18:14 EDT Article-I.D.: ncsu.2608 Posted: Tue Jun 5 14:18:14 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 13-Jun-84 00:21:25 EDT Organization: N.C. State University, Raleigh Lines: 77 Created: Wed, 30 May 84 10:20:18 edt the purple cows of summer, another classic. inspired by rlj as a cure for hangovers. (this is the debut for this poem. i.e. I just made it up.) [the purple cows of summer] one day last may i spotted a cow amongst the hay i looked at him he looked at me then my head started to spin the grass was blue the sky was green and this damn cow had a purplish hue the clouds were pink with lace i think and the river a bright red (i had this feeling that i might be dead) then the sun set in the east and i decided to go home for a big feast of hamburgers and fries served by a clown with stripes on his thighs then i went to bed and tossed and turned till cobwebs filled my head when i arose everything was normal except for my toes they were purple! -- the impromptu brothers ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CRITICISMS: roscoe (my dog) - My problem with this poem is twofold. First, the rhyme scheme is the worst that I have ever seen. Words are chosen by random so that they will rhyme. I could have done better by picking words at random. Secondly, the rhythm totally sucks. Again, the words are completely at random. I, for one, think we should erase every copy of this poem so that future generations won't think that we are completely insane. R. Reagan - Gosh, that was one of the best poems I've ever read. Newsweak - "Incredible" National Enquirer - Destined to become a classic with our friends on Venus. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- other comments are welcome, but not taken seriously ------------------> atb & rlj (the impromptu brothers) decvax!mcnc!atb@ncsu