Jean François Millet
‘Shepherdess with her Flock’
I’d be content
I think, maybe
if I put one
of those solar
thingy’s on the roof,
and grow my own
medication
in between the
herbs and gourmet
spuds. I could
collect rain water,
filtered by cheese cloth, milk
a Capricorn goat
and call her Billy
Bold tethered
to a tree on a long
line. I would have
to buy a hammock
and mosquito net
but first I’d have
to settle it all up,
let it go
to the highest bidders, then look
around off the beaten
track for somewhere
remote, outback
with at least a wellspring for summer
when it all dies
and I’m left
looking at the goat,
licking my mutton
chops wishing
for a pork, cracking
open a Veuve. I’d do it
and serve up a concoction of hysteria
only fit for the loony
bin – laden. I would
laugh at the irony
of having nothing
and no one to
complain about, except who I was
before I decided
to go off grid, fate
leading me astray
after yet another
furious outburst of
solipsism; cynicism
better left
with no one
to witness my demise, except for
Billy Bold
in my bed
keeping me awake,
chewing the fat.
Billy Bold – Graham Brazier (Hello Sailor)
© Copyright 2016, Jodine Derena Butler & ‘Poetry Out West’. All Rights Reserved
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They’re out there you just have to find them
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I’ve found my Billy Bold…just got to find that block of land… Jx
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Or a community of fellow bolds?
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True! I thought about a commune type eco village thing a long time ago…but I like solitude. Jx
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I too like solitude, but I’ll get plenty of that while I’m young. My future kids will need a community, though. “It takes a village to raise a child” after all.
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Mmmm but I worry about the weirdos…the pedophiles that inhabit communities. That’s the only downfall I think. Jx
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Wrong communities, then 🙂
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Also in 2016, using social media, it’s easier than ever to connect with other families and individuals who want to live off or mostly off the grid. Communities can be organized online and then built by hand
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Like your poetry.
A block of land is hard to find, very expensive.
It wouldn’t be very hard to find a goat here in NZ, they are all wild, surrounding our land, it’s hard to keep them off the good grass paddocks.
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Forgot – Glad you found your Billy Bold
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Thank you 😏
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Yes I am a kiwi, currently living in Cairns. I’m a Capricorn goat too lol. Thank you for commenting 😎
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Hi,
Dream inspired?! Cool! When I was younger I tried to document my dreams since I always remembered them, and still usually do.
I met you on Danny Ray’s site. Congratulations on being his featured blogger! I was his featured blogger too! Perhaps you’ll check out my blog especially if you could use a blogging tip or two; that what I blog about.
Janice
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Am I his featured blogger?
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Yes! Either January 5 or January 6.
Janice
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Shit! I didn’t know lol. I will have a look back
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Thank you Danny. Did you post this particular poem? Could I have the link please? I’m going through all my comments one post at a time and finding so many great comments! Jx
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Great. It reminds me Whitman and Thoreau, with a modern sense of humour.
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Thank you. Its a fun poem. Who are they? Jx
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Your poem is nice Jodine. i like the shepherdess with her flock.
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It’s a great painting! Thank you. Jx
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You’re welcome!
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Wonderful.
Great imagery. 😎
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Thank you. This one was fun and another Drem Inspired poem. Jx
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This is so idyllic 🙂 nice composition
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Thank you Jx
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