Horse Pony Poems

“Dammit,” he cried
“I’ll never get you clean” 
For what he had seen 
Was nothing but mean

“Come on over, now, here’s your feed” 
As the pony...

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   On the back of her pony
     the universe lay
   comets and starbursts above
   ...

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Have you ever seen bullfrog green jump across a Lilly pad?
Did you ever see gold moth bathing in a moonshine bath?
Do you watch as teal...

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I had a cat~I had a dog,                                     ...

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Straddling Town boundary, brick spawl
Hill vista stabled horse sanctity five acres
Dishes decades of rural dream enthrall
Imprisons middle aged, once a girl elated

Saddle, bridle, hay bales,...

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I love my pony
My pony loves me
I ride him on Sunday
from my house to the sea

He comes when I call him
nuzzles up to me so...

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Ride the Happy Pony, ride it
down the stone-covered path;
his gallops add clamor
to the clinking metal shoes;
and if the sound is dull
is because the dry leaves...

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Through a lavender meadow he’ll run,
the white, black and brown spotted mule.
Hooves raise dust clouds under golden sun,
beckoning tomorrow’s fresh morning air, cool.
His eyes are...

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When you mounted that lame horse, 
I should have said something,
Oh, I forgot I did say something and then....
The horse boo-whooed, nickered and brayed to...

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It is time to leave us now

In life of passage we are blessed with an unspoken connection 
His destiny quivering in my hands as the...

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Kick ‘em to go,
pull ‘em to stop,
if you love them so much,
don’t use that crop.

There are kinder ways 
to ride and train horses,
on a trail,...

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I question the strap,
so tight around your nose,
held firmly in place
to fake some shape or pose.

I question the relentless kicking
at your ribs and side,
forwards and...

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Long and vigorous neck,
connection to the mind,
haunches carry me,
no greater power I will find.

The back and spine move freely,
such a gift to be up here,
in...

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Choice and a destiny,
something on their mind,
the usual resolution
or a prisoner confined.

Snow, rain or thunder,
shut in, cannot be outside,
trapped and frightened,
or man whipping at their...

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‘Quick’ I say, ‘
there is a catastrophe!’
‘We are head over heels obsessed,
can't you see?’

From morning to night, 
we ponder about them all day,
no matter what...

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