Dad Horse Poems

Our friend Mr. Ed was a talking horse.
We remember him with tears of remorse, 
But, children, please try not to be so sad.  ...

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"horses in heaven"

one fine night in an extraordinary dream
filled with light and sound came extreme
brief moments lifeless and gone it was seen
before me horses in...

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This here’s the favorite story that my dad would always tell,
‘Bout July 9, of 1910…in a dusty old corral,

Where he and Lefty Griswald, on a...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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My pop was called, when he was young -- a “Jack of many trades”…the type of guy who’d gladly take on any kind of task.
And...

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Frank was in the forces
He took many courses
He enjoyed every one
Until his young son
Said, "Dad, why don't we breed horses?"...

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Elmont was a good father 
Children never a bother 
Having two daughters years after he wed 
Everything well planned not much debt 
Rose and Susie...

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He runs like the wind with his mane flowing wild,
Flashing his blaze in his powerful style,
Handsome like his father, a king among the ponies,
On Chincoteague...

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when I was this many
you can't count the thumb
I had this soft friend
a horsey, all felt and tan
about the size of a piece of toast
but...

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I’d love to get a horse when I turn seven -
I’ll ride him in the sky way up to heaven.
Or I could get a puppy...

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The West

A gun, a holster, bullets…
A glass of whiskey and 
a ten-gallon hat.
A horse, a saddle, a bridle…
and bags to hold it all. 

Good guys,...

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The Midnight Roper
Written: by Tom Wright
5/27/99

His wrinkled face belied his age
he was only forty three.
I wondered, as he recalled his life
why should be telling me.

Maybe...

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TONY THE PONY’S LITTLE PRINCESS 
PART TWO

Two weeks ago, we got a very excited call 
From our friends on the farm,
Tony’s sexy young lady, 
Shady,
Had...

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Harland had had enough
Twenty-three years of racing
Twelve years of giving children rides on his back.
Today his master said there would be no more rides.
They were...

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TONY THE PONY

Last weekend our friends invited us
To their farm,
And we were introduced, to their 
New pony, who had delectable charm.
His name was Tony,
Such a...

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