Long Appaloosa Poems

 
Something Old

April 29, 2016

A feather lost glides, drifting, it soars, 
in the mighty wind, it twirls and swirls, as if dancing;
once, the People owned all the wilderness,
they called it home, now they watch it...

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A Hundred Equine

Hot salty drops trickled into my mouth.
The sun had changed my brown flesh to bright red.
Reflected brilliance passed through squinting eyes.
Faint, I rested in shade eating sweetbread.

I lay my head on a smooth...

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I had heard about a ...
    a writer's group  ... in my city
      where a writer could recite their poem or short story
   ...

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I Love Horses: A--Z

A is for... Appaloosa. They have 
blankets on their rumps. 
B is for...Belgian. They work 
hard and can pull up stumps. 

C is for...Clydesdale. They're 
BIG bays with white fluffy feet. 
D...

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Running With the Wild
     By Dane Smith-Johnsen

It was back in the year 1963,
Among horses wild and free; --
Many manes and tails untamed by the breeze
Were seen dashing past dunes without trees.
And...

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.      and the pain and suffering begins,
as i type away with my spirersilk fingers, 
nothing makes any sence, 
do you understand this world, 
im freezing, 
sleeping though my eyes are...

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^^^^^

My people, the Ojibwe, fierce and strong
A people of stories and myths and knowledge
On birch bark scrolls and stones their history told
And I, a mere Ojibwa girl, write stories . . .

The early Canadian...

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A feather lost glides, drifting, it soars, 
In the mighty wind, it twirls and swirls, as if dancing;
Once, the People owned all the wilderness,
They called it home, now they watch it be destroyed. 

There,...

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Let’s go see Shosone Falls, Hells Canyon, Craters of the Moon Museum.
Hold up! I said to my excited husband; where are they?
Smack dab in the middle of Montana, Wyoming, Washington and Oregon.
The little “gem” state,...

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A feather lost, gliding and drifting, it soars, 
in the mighty wind, it twirls and swirls, as if dancing;
once, the People owned all the wilderness,
they called it home, now they watch it be destroyed....

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A feather lost glides, drifting, it soars, 
in the mighty wind, it twirls and swirls, as if dancing;
once, the People owned all the wilderness,
they called it home, now they watch it be destroyed. 

There, high...

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Upon a sheer and jagged cliff an Appaloosa horse of many colors stands majestic
under the blazing azure sky.  An Ojibwa girl, proud, looks at the beautiful land of
Canada as the mighty wind roars. ...

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Loaded up and gassed
Got a four-day pass
Ramblin' in the Rockies
...Coquihalla holiday

Crested o’er the pass
Hope the brakes’ll last
Needle Peak behind me
...Coquihalla holiday

Driver’s turnin’ pale
Down the Devil’s Tail
To Othello. It's a mother.
...Coquihalla holiday

Evening shadows fade
Running down grade
Almost...

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I see the wrinkles in your suntanned brow,
You carried burdens then; you see them now.
You’ve heard the cries your people who in pain,
Have shed their tears two hundred years like rain. 

Your sad brown eyes,...

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^^^^^
My people are the Ojibwa, fierce and strong,
a people of stories and myths and knowledge;
on birch bark scrolls and stones their history told,
and I, a mere Ojibwa girl, write stories . . .

There, upon...

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Fluttering, drifting
to and fro it soars
it dances in the mighty wind
it twirls, it swirls

There
upon a sheer jagged rocky cliff
an Appaloosa horse of many colors stands majestic

There
under this blazing azure sky
an Ojibwa girl looks at...

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Pitching a leg across the nether
Of a pretty appaloosa or possibly
A chestnut bay who needs to know
That she’s being ridden by someone
Who will take her through the paces,
Strides both gentle and regulated
By a walk, a...

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Retiring Cowboy

He hung up his bridle by his bed on the wall.
His rig is preserved on a stand by the stall.
His old Appaloosa has been turned out to graze.
As he sits in his rocker and...

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She waits crosslegged 
in the smokey dawn
his scent is in her hair
leather cords with feathers fly
in the gentle breeze
where she waits just outside the 
last teepee.
  She can't remember when he left
he didn't say...

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Fluttering, drifting
to and fro it soars
it dances in the mighty wind
it twirls, it swirls

There
upon a sheer jagged rocky cliff
an Appaloosa horse of many colors stands majestic

There
under this blazing azure sky
an Ojibwa girl looks at the...

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Cowboy rides horse cowboy boots in stirrups
Cowboy hat waving in hand, yeehaw it’s grand,
Cowgirl is on the range!  Lasso by corral
Appaloosa horse hurrah!  Glad he’s a cowhand.

Dreaming of equipage horse-drawn
Carriage with attendants at...

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Medicine Hat Appaloosa
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Remember free will too has been gifted,
with freedom allied to fate's fickle choice.
Tendered words uttered still..now uplifted, 
God provides each one a life and a voice.

Ere life ebbs and scrimshaw scrolled hands beckon,...

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Two pairs of Equus eyes that motion dare,
foxtrot to the midnight endless dance
Their heated passion is an Appaloosa affair,
day number three of a spotty romance

Leg weary though they both mightily be,
prize money is a conveniently...

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I’m forever in your debt, m’lady
This me confess openly:
I offer U 
every pulmonary part
of this obsidian heart

O beautiful Ivory mare,
I love when you graze upon me
with those pretty olive eyes
As your bright yellow ponytail hair
shimmers...

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As he burries his head
Deep in my chest,
His eyes slowly close.
I feel the warmth of his fur
As I stroke his mane to one side
Only when I stop
Does he lift his head.
Tears in his eyes,
And a...

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