Farm Boy's Tale Poem by Sentamu Aziz

FARM BOY'S TALE

Early Morning Crow
Loudly Bleating Sheep
Clucking Flying Geese
Over the Stretching Country side

Cheese and Milk so Sweet
Duck and Chicken Eggs
Beef, Mutton and Chicken Wings
On Lovely feasting Days

Beautifully the Plants extend
For Cool Shelterly Shadows
For my Nap of an Hour

Orchards so Big
To miss a Fresh Bite
As Sparrows Squeak Sweet
Clutched on the Numerous Trees

Pigeons to feed
Flying in Hundreds
Above the Gross of Hens
Pecking on the Earth

Swans and Pelicans
Floating Like Dhows
Beautifully on the Fishing Pond
Like the great ancient merchants
Choirs Mooing in The Kraal
All to Heighty Mayo
With Buckets and minds to Work
After a Day's Donkey Work

I work so hard
All around my Friends
Birds, Fish and Animals
All good I can Say
All thanks to God
For I love my work