Six cows are grazing;
The seventh stands near a fence,
Staring into space.
- Haiku by Richard Wright (Haiku: This Other World, #135), cartoon illustration by Old Pond Comics.
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Six cows, if we ignore the extra one by the fence, is half a “flink”! 🙂
a flink of cows
the blue before a night
of falling snow
Twelve cows are a flink:
http://www.almanac4kids.com/outdoors/groups.php
Alan Summers
Publication Credit: Blithe Spirit (2014)
Interesting. I did not know that.
Love the haiku!