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Best Dark Horse Poems

Below are the all-time best Dark Horse poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of dark horse poems written by PoetrySoup members


The Dark Horse Upon the Hill
He was an old Crow Indian
Rejected by all his kin,
That never fit in any world,
But now lived among white men.

He must have been near one...

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© Glen Enloe  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: dark horse, dark, horse, old,
Form: Cowboy Poetry



Premium Member Dark Horse In the Running
I love a dark horse in the running,
All feisty with so much cunning 

It's funny what they say you can't do
Simply put, they have no...

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Categories: dark horse, successdark, dark, horse, love,
Form: Couplet
Dark Horse
I love to sit on it,
And ride without a saddle.
It’s stronger than a stallion.
Riding it makes me sweat all over,
Especially down under in my Australia.
I...

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Categories: dark horse, girlfriend-boyfriend, life, love, urbanme,
Form: Rhyme
Daisy
Daisy trips and falls apart
The mysterious rider brings her back
And now wonders how she ll find
The way back home cause is its off the line
And...

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Categories: dark horse, lost lovelost, dark, dark,
Form: Ballad
Border's End
I did not drive the roan that day,
Just saddled up my old dark bay,
To check out fences far afield
And breathe in life with all its...

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© Glen Enloe  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: dark horse, animals, cowboy-western, death, introspection,
Form: Cowboy Poetry



Premium Member Heave Me Back Home
Heave Me Back Home


He grasped the reins across the breadth of me,

recrossed his arms to control the whip and me.


My heart dares not stop, lest...

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© Hilo Poet  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: dark horse, adventure, anxiety, boat, conflict,
Form: Free verse
A Mind a Man Avenge
Go inside the mind of a man that kills,
Liking cold air bringing neck chills,
the taste that brings death, also brings thrills, 
can you feel the...

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© Nick Trim  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: dark horse, anti bullying, bullying, character,
Form: Rhyme
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THE KING SHALL SEND HIS MEN TO RESCUE THE fAIRY pRINCESS
SHE SHALL USE HER POWERS TO SUMMONS THE sCARECROW
HE SHALL AVENGE US. tHESE DEMONS SHALL...

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Categories: dark horse, dark, horse, leadership, music,
Form: Chant Royal

Book: Shattered Sighs