Someday
Listen to Irene ...
cows will be red or yellow
we'll fill our pails with orange milk
escape the swelter, take shelter in a barn
where cool dirt curls between our toes—
remember brown cows, sweet milk?
our together-breath will purple the air
such joy a secret delicious thing
in the land of what may or may not be
we'll fill our pails with orange milk
escape the swelter, take shelter in a barn
where cool dirt curls between our toes—
remember brown cows, sweet milk?
our together-breath will purple the air
such joy a secret delicious thing
in the land of what may or may not be
This poem is copyright (©) Irene Latham 2025
About the Writer
Irene Latham
Irene writes poems and stories from the Purple Horse Poetry Studio & Music Room beside a mountain lake in Blount County, Alabama. With more than twenty books out in the world, her latest adventure is curating poetry anthologies with her "Poetic Forever Friend" Charles Waters, including The Mistakes That Made Us (an NCTE Notable Poetry Book), If I Could Choose a Best Day, and For the Win. Read hundreds of Irene's poems for free at irenelatham.com.
