IN PRAISE OF MILK

Michael Edwards

 

 

IN PRAISE OF MILK 

 

Such wonderful products held in esteem

like yoghurt and cheese and thick rich cream

and not forgetting English butter

and all of them made from extract of udder.

 

 

 

 

  • Author: Michael Edwards (Offline Offline)
  • Published: November 16th, 2017 01:14
  • Comment from author about the poem: Okay so it's a bull but no bull, no cow, no cow no milk - and I haven't got a drawing of a cow.
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  • Goldfinch60

    I do like the 'extract of udder'. Good write Michael.

    • Michael Edwards

      That description has been in my mind fore quite some time - not sure if it's mine or if I heard it somewhere but anyway it makes a fun shortie.

    • orchidee

      A tasty write Michael.

      • Michael Edwards

        Tastes even better with lactuca de moo Cheers O.

      • Laura🌻

        Love the yoghurt, love the cheese, and the thick rich cream too...in my coffee!
        English butter?...never had!
        Enjoyed the read while sipping my brew!

        • Michael Edwards

          The term English butter over here conjures up ideas of real home made butter - I can recall as a youngster we used to buy it from the slab cut with a wire by the shop assistant in much the same way as cheese is cut. Thanks Laura.

          • Laura🌻

            Thank you Michael!

          • WL Schuett

            Very fun but couldn’t get past the bull picture lol .... actually nice work Michael

            • Michael Edwards

              Don't upset him Bill - thanks for comment.

            • myself and me

              Fun to read and fun to watch.

              • Michael Edwards

                As long as it doesn't curdle - thanks m&m

              • Louis Gibbs

                Love the four-line tribute to 'extract of udder' here, Michael! So well done.

                • Michael Edwards

                  It's a great term isn't it? Thanks Louis.

                • orchidee

                  You drunk all today's milk by now?!

                  • Michael Edwards

                    No there was none left – it was all used up in all the products that Madeleine the milk maid made !!

                  • dusk arising

                    I remember that butter being patted and cut with a wire for my mum. Cheese too...... then along came yogurts (Eden Vale) and life began to get complicated (growing up). Great waft of nostalgia in your words. And now its even healthy to eat butter again.... what madness have we endured (blue band marg in 4 rectangular packs) and now they tell us our lovely bovines are the cause of global warming!!! How dare they? Look what you've started! LOL

                    • Michael Edwards

                      Preserve the cow - my Aunty used to work in an International Store where the butter was cut to customers request - yes it's good to look back but even better to look forward

                    • FredPeyer

                      Your great little poem reminded me of a time when I was little, watching a farmer milk his cow (by hand, not machine) and drinking still warm fresh milk directly from the cow. Delicious!



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