Thursday, February 20, 2025

Poetry Friday: "300 Goats" by Naomi Shihab Nye

I wanted to share this one by Naomi Shihab Nye for a few reasons: 

  • It's Naomi Shihab Nye. 
  • It's about goats. I've always liked goats, and now they make me think about Severance, and I'm obsessed with Severance
  • It's Naomi Shihab Nye. 

So. Poetry. Goats. Severance

You're welcome. 


300 Goats
by Naomi Shihab Nye

In icy fields.
Is water flowing in the tank?
Will they huddle together, warm bodies pressing?
(Is it the year of the goat or the sheep?
....

(Read the rest of this short, delightful poem here, and you can listen to the poet reading it here.) 

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The Poetry Friday round-up this week is being hosted by Laura Purdie Salas


Photo thanks to RitaE at Pixabay

4 comments:

laurasalas said...

I love the tender, protective tone of the narrator of this poem. Thanks, Karen, for the goats and the Nye.

Linda B said...

Karen, you've made me want to say "follow the goats", often better judgment than us nutty humans! Nye will help us through, too, won't she?

Karen Edmisten said...

Isn't it lovely, Laura? Have a wonderful weekend!

Karen Edmisten said...

Linda, yes, Nye will help us through. :) And yeah, I think the goats are doing better than we are at the moment!