Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    Ssh..It Happens! Rural Rhymes from Ryme Intrinseca
    Ssh..It Happens! Rural Rhymes from Ryme Intrinseca
    Ssh..It Happens! Rural Rhymes from Ryme Intrinseca
    Ebook73 pages20 minutes

    Ssh..It Happens! Rural Rhymes from Ryme Intrinseca

    By Jan Millward

    ()

    Read preview

    About this ebook

    This book is a wry collection of poems gleaned from years of working on farms. I have tried to show what life is like on the farm side of the gate and reflect the compassion and humour of the Great British Farmer!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMirador Publishing
    Release dateApr 22, 2016
    ISBN9781911044734
    Ssh..It Happens! Rural Rhymes from Ryme Intrinseca

    Related to Ssh..It Happens! Rural Rhymes from Ryme Intrinseca

    Related ebooks

    Poetry For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      Waiting For Rain

      Mar 2, 2020

      Waiting For Rain
      14 min read

    • Article

      Great Escape

      Sep 2, 2022

      Great Escape
      7 min read

    • Article

      Retirement Advice For The Self-employed Landowner

      Mar 2, 2020

      As a country person ages, there is a temptation to imagine the approach of a quiet and graceful retirement: long, dreamy summer afternoons napping in the porch swing while grandchildren romp in the yard. That might be a happy possibility for the hedg

      3 min read

    • Article

      Growing Up On The Farm

      Dec 5, 2023

      Growing Up On The Farm
      2 min read

    • Article

      Ram I am

      Sep 4, 2023

      My knee is bung. The receptionist at the medical centre asked about the nature of my injury. I said I had been knocked down by my pet ram lamb. She expressed no surprise. In the country, accident by animal is a daily occurrence. I, however, was incre

      2 min read

    • Article

      Every Dog Has Its Day

      Mar 5, 2018

      In 1975, the price of a weanling pig was $50, while a bushel of corn traded for $4 and everybody complained there was no money in it. Those prices have remain unchanged for half a century now, despite long periods of steady inflation that have double

      2 min read

    • Article

      The Good Old Days

      May 13, 2022

      The Good Old Days
      7 min read

    • Article

      My Purrfect Passion

      May 26, 2022

      My Purrfect Passion
      3 min read

    • Article

      Four Seasons On The Farm

      Sep 15, 2023

      Four Seasons On The Farm
      6 min read

    • Article

      Finding The Rural Dream

      May 5, 2021

      Finding The Rural Dream
      3 min read

    • Article

      Motor Muse Monthly

      Feb 2, 2023

      Motor Muse Monthly
      3 min read

    • Article

      Motor Muse Monthly

      Feb 2, 2023

      Motor Muse Monthly
      3 min read

    • Article

      Making Headway

      Jun 26, 2020

      Making Headway
      7 min read

    • Article

      Why Every Farmer Needs A Dog

      Oct 26, 2020

      I was 10 or 11 years old when I saw, for the first time, a grown man cry. Back then, the only veterinarian in town had an office across the road from the library. While I stood waiting outside the library for my mother to come and fetch me, a bakkie

      2 min read

    • Article

      Four Seasons On The farm

      Jun 16, 2023

      Four Seasons On The farm
      6 min read

    • Article

      Sewing the seeds OF A NEW LIFE

      Aug 12, 2019

      Sewing the seeds OF A NEW LIFE
      7 min read

    • Article

      Another Cunning Plan

      Sep 29, 2023

      Another Cunning Plan
      7 min read

    • Article

      Strictly For The Birds

      May 12, 2023

      Strictly For The Birds
      7 min read

    • Article

      Harvest Of Sorts

      Oct 27, 2023

      Harvest Of Sorts
      7 min read

    • Article

      Sweet Memories

      Jun 24, 2022

      Sweet Memories
      5 min read

    • Article

      Your Countryside

      Jul 28, 2022

      Your Countryside
      5 min read

    • Article

      Winds Of Change

      Feb 16, 2024

      Winds Of Change
      7 min read

    • Article

      MY COUNTRY HOME Kate Humble

      Jul 3, 2019

      MY COUNTRY HOME Kate Humble
      4 min read

    • Article

      That Sinking Feeling

      May 29, 2020

      That Sinking Feeling
      7 min read

    • Article

      Adventures In Farming

      Oct 15, 2020

      THE WORLD has changed. Suddenly and unexpectedly, much of the life we all had has been disrupted in a large and still evolving way. Things we never gave much note to are suddenly, urgently requiring us all to think about them. Where do we get our yar

      3 min read

    • Article

      Life Lessons From A KAROO COWGIRL

      Dec 9, 2019

      Life Lessons From A KAROO COWGIRL
      5 min read

    • Article

      Haymaking Heaven And Pesky Pests

      Sep 3, 2021

      Haymaking Heaven And Pesky Pests
      7 min read

    • Article

      Chitchat

      Aug 26, 2019

      Chitchat
      7 min read

    Related categories

    Reviews for Ssh..It Happens! Rural Rhymes from Ryme Intrinseca

    0 ratings

    0 ratings0 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

      Book preview

      Ssh..It Happens! Rural Rhymes from Ryme Intrinseca - Jan Millward

      Introduction

      There are folk who live in the country and there are folk who farm. Those involved in farming are a rare breed indeed. The need for humour and a sense of the ridiculous in sometimes very difficult situations is part and parcel of the job.

      The equipment may have changed and the landscape from the idyllic farmyard scenes of yesteryear, but farmers are still the beating heart of the countryside.

      I live in a small tied cottage with my tractor driver husband on a beef and arable farm in Dorset.

      Nowadays my role involves standing in gaps, feeding the chickens and taking sandwiches to far flung fields, but the many years of agricultural college and working on farms all over the country and abroad have left me with wonderful experiences and a special understanding and appreciation of our Great British farmers.

      I hope you enjoy this little book of verse. I have had great fun putting it together!

      Just another day at the office!

      A day in the life...

      Dirty fingers,

      ingrained hands.

      Years of working on the land.

      Calves need feeding,

      milking’s done,

      breakfast’s waiting,

      the day’s begun.

      Steaming coffee,

      Lots of toast,

      bacon sandwiches

      I love most.

      Weather forecast,

      not much rain.

      Bales need moving,

      out again.

      Milk and calf nuts,

      then some bedding,

      gates need fixing,

      hay wants tedding.

      Grease the baler,

      move the rams,

      order diesel,

      grade the lambs.

      Scrape the slurry

      into the lagoon,

      wash the yard down,

      whistle a tune.

      Phone starts ringing,

      reps again,

      they’ll have to wait

      ‘till we get rain.

      Scrape a knuckle,

      swear

      Enjoying the preview?
      Page 1 of 1