Cows Bawl on Sunday

The image of God
in a warm mackinaw and rubber boots
daily fights his way into the streaming barnyard
into a multitude of hungry, angry, playful and determined animals
through a cloud of raging sound
to bring order out of chaos.
Six times a week and rests not on the seventh—
and there fails his divinity.

    Original Citation

    American Prefaces 1 (Summer 1936) 150.

    Word Count
    56
    Original Publication
    Date Published
    1936
    Complete Poems
    22
    Re-publication
    North American Review (1974) 23.
    Theme(s)
    First Line
    The Image of God
    Poetic Form
    open