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Work Horse Poems

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


Embarrassing Moment
There are riders, jockeys, grooms, and handlers too,
that don’t think twice about the work they do.
Their love for horses is a commitment they share
But their...

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Categories: animal, horse, inspiration, poems,



The Greasy Saddle
In walked the Redeyed Stranger


Bragging: he used an excessive amount of
bagging gestures and words. He was told by
his handler to tune down the rhetoric, as...

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Categories: fashion, horse, music, repetition,

Saddle Your Horse
Saddle your horse and get ready for the ride; this will be your final day before you take off to the sky, the weather is...

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Categories: horse, appreciation, business, celebration, funny

The Alkali Glaze
He wore the Jersey representing the
Smuck of the Toolez Terrific, the
team that has dominated the
ToolTruck Sports League
for the last coupler years. More
over the rankings from...

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Categories: clothes, film, horse, leadership,

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,



Finnegans Horse Full Circle
Life goes full circle Harry Finnegan thought,
Admiring his newly refurbished vending cart;
Spick and span with racy lines, a proper seat,
Digital till, weatherproofed, and state of...

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Categories: horse, humor, nostalgia, technology,

Premium Member A Night On the Road
A Night on the Road         

It was a dark and stormy night, as he rode around the...

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© Les Pick  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: animal, horse, rain, work,

The Horse of Dreams
the horse of dreams

I never had a rocking horse, but having read
about rich kids having one, I wanted one too.
On a dump, I found the...

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© Jan Hansen  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: horse, best friend, creation,

Premium Member Vagabond
Sittin’ in th’ saddle. Gotta soon skedaddle.
School marm says she’ll tattle. Sheriff wants a battle.
Kissed her on the cheek jes’ to git a li’l peek...

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Categories: conflict, horse, how i

Once Upon a Horse
(Fighting windmills is the story.)

A fantasy to escape the fall, the void of all
Reality is not that tall when on the horse
Stories plunge the young...

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Categories: horse, adventure, character, fantasy, hero,

Antique Loggers
It’s a romanticized picture
hanging on my dining room wall,
1907 lumberjacks,
one perched atop lumber stacked tall.

It’s winter, and they have a sled
pulled by two horses, looking...

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Categories: history, horse, imagery, nature,

Premium Member Sounds That Bring Me Happiness



The fan in my kitchen hums to me, in hot California...
You bet, It doth run most constantly!

The one year old AC unit, is my closest...

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Categories: horse, joy,

I Never Had a Rocking-Horse
I never had a rocking-horse

Having read books of rich boys having one, I wanted one too.
I found the tail of a rocking horse, at home,...

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© Jan Hansen  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: horse, best friend, break up,

Premium Member One-Horse Towns - In Both Audio and Text
This is a rather nostalgic piece -


Meandering around on rural roads, in search of one-horse towns, with no place in particular to go,  ...

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Categories: horse, memory, nostalgia,

Lonesome Cowboy
I heard tell some folks think cowboys built the West.
The only thing I know for sure is I always did my best
to give a man...

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Categories: horse, perspective,


Book: Shattered Sighs