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Death Horse Poems

These Death Horse poems are examples of Horse poems about Death. These are the best examples of Horse Death poems written by international poets.


Premium Member John Brown Still Sees God
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Categories: horse, appreciation, caregiving, death of



Premium Member Behold, A Pale Horse
("Anime", 2019, original encaustic)

Behold, A Pale Horse 

Death comes quietly
Inexorably in the light
It has always been like that
And always will
Waiting with more patience than can...

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Categories: horse, death, life, perspective,

I Don't Know What to Say to Katie Clemens
I Don’t Know What To Say To Katie Clemens
By Steve Body
Copyright 2009


I don’t know what to say to Katie Clemens.
All the words are jumbled in...

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Categories: horse, death, death of a

Premium Member Beating a Dead Horse
Reins lifted in spite, a grimace
Blistering the urge to forgive the way
Black changed to gray right before your eyes,
Easing away the pain like, in fading,...

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Categories: horse, animal, death of a

Ghost and Tex - Part 2
But the sun beating down was taking its toll
Red started to fade though he'd given his soul
they reached the exchange both were ragged and sore
Tex...

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Categories: horse, poetry,



Ballad of Ghost and Tex - Part I
There’s many a tale that spreads across the night
when the sun o’er the plains yields to campfire light. 
Tales about cowboys, who once roamed the...

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Categories: horse, poetry,

Slippery Reins
Once when I was a child
My reins were held by my parents
This pony once led by their rants 

Now that my mustang is old
My reins...

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Categories: horse, death, divorce, father, forgiveness,

Premium Member Altar of Love
When spirits join in godly intercourse,
     love's so divine (and never like black bane)!
Invite another in like a Trojan horse,
 ...

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Categories: desire, god, heaven, horse,

Becky
Becky, the Queen
Of the Riding School,
You will be missed
But not forgotten.

Becky, the best horse 
I’ve ever ridden,
Always doing what you
Were asked right away.

Becky, a beautiful...

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Categories: death, horse, memorial,

Villanelle the Foal
Villanelle the Foal

A gripping dance 
(12 men lift a rigid horse onto a pick-up truck).
I drive gate-wide

in the Volvo 
(Mummy, what are they doing with...

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Categories: horse, africa, allegory, animal, appreciation,

Premium Member The Last Gunfighter
Was near high noon in Abilene,
Everybody was at the scene.
Sheriff was stern and standing fast,
Clueless today would be his last.

A mystery man rode into town,...

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Categories: brother, death, grave, horse,

The Ballad of Love Distorted
The Ballad of Love Distorted 

The horse’s ears flicker in silent rebuke
His rider is tense, taut, confused. 
Raw frost shining in soft silver rhythm 
And...

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© Jo Riglar  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: horse, bereavement, betrayal, daughter, desire,

Fare-Well Ole Pard
Farewell old pard, I write this letter to you. Well, I guess I’ll saddle up and ride out with my new pard, he’s only a...

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Categories: death, emotions, horse,

Premium Member Vultures Circling -Part Two
We'd been travelling through the night and we needed a rest
The unmerciful sun was now rising above a red rocky crest
We headed for a large...

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Categories: america, horse, silence, travel,

Premium Member Vultures Circling - Part One
I'd just checked out of a hotel in the town of Santa Fe 
Went to the store to collect supplies and went on my way
I...

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Categories: america, death, girl, horse,


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