The phrase "a poor shepherd" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a shepherd who is lacking in resources, wealth, or skills, often in a metaphorical sense.
Example: "In the story, the protagonist is depicted as a poor shepherd struggling to care for his flock amidst harsh conditions."
Alternatives: "an impoverished shepherd" or "a destitute shepherd".
A distant personality who often took long research trips to China's remote regions, he was a poor shepherd for a clever, wilful girl.
Mouskos, the son of a poor shepherd, studied in Cyprus and at the University of Athens and later at the School of Theology of Boston University.
They hailed a poor shepherd who was in the woods with his dog and said: "Do you like that fellow's fine clothing?
He also dramatises his own adoption in the 1960s, in a skit questioning the credibility of that stock character of Burt's research, the posh twin surrendered to the surrogacy of a poor shepherd.
The beautiful and wealthy Heer falls in love with Ranjha, a poor shepherd, but fate forces her into marriage with another man; the desolate lovers die and are buried side by side.
Their first masterpiece, "Padre Padrone" (1977), was based on the memoir of Gavino Ledda, who had been brought up as a poor shepherd in Sardinia; and it was Ledda himself who prefaced the movie, pointing out the boy playing his younger self and the actor playing his dictatorial father.
The equipment is cheap, and a wrestler needs only the one-piece suit, or singlet, and shoes, a manageable expense even for the poor shepherd families in the mountains.
Mr. O'Brien reminded his readers that Joseph's story was similar to that of Bernadette Soubirous, the poor shepherd girl who claimed to see the Virgin Mary in Lourdes, France, in 1858.
Concluding with a religious theme, she said: "A young mother and a dutiful father with their baby were joined by poor shepherds and visitors from afar.
Across from Beit Sahur, where certain poor shepherds are believed by many to have been informed of Christ's birth by an angel, Israeli tanks are dug in.
In the Gospel account of Jesus' birth to homeless refugees, angels announce to poor shepherds the coming of peace on earth.
