Today we present “Beat to Plowshares” a poem by Whale the Boar, whose other poem “Boars (Three Different Kinds)” you may have heard before on The Voice of Dog. You can find more of their insomniac poetry on Bluesky, hashtag #whalesong.

Read by Rhubarb, Feathered Starfarer.

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You’re

listening

to

The

Voice

of

Dog.

This

is

Rob

MacWolf

your

fellow

traveler,

and

Today

we

present “Beat

to

Plowshares”

a

poem

by

Whale

the

Boar, whose

other

poem “Boars (Three

Different

Kinds)”

you

may

have

heard

before

on

The

Voice

of

Dog.

You

can

find

more

of

their

insomniac

poetry

on

Bluesky,

hashtag #whalesong.

Read by

Rhubarb,

Feathered

Starfarer.

Please

enjoy


“Beat

to

Plowshares”,

a

poem

by

Whale

the

Boar

I’ve

been

waiting

with

my

sword
At

the

plowshare-beating

station,
Sinking

in

a

tarpit

of

tarnation.
If

I’m

to

seek

my

great

reward,
I’ll

have

more

luck

with

cultivation,
So

I’m waiting with my sword
at the plowshare-beating

station.
As

for

guns?

No

one’s

explored
Any

earthly

transmutation
That

can

redeem

a

flawed

creation.
So

I’m waiting with my sword
At the plowshare-beating

station,
Sinking

in

a

tarpit

of

tarnation.


This

was “Beat

to

Plowshares”

by

Whale the Boar,

read

for you by Rhubarb, Feathered Starfarer. Thank you for

listening

to

The

Voice

of

Dog.