Horse Prayer Poems

   manes plastered down
     quarter-horses
   put through their paces
     lightning-like, whips crack the...

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Dear God,

I know I don’t believe in you.
I know I take a lot more than I give.
I know I’m not a perfect woman.
Or even a...

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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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Do not look or wait for heaven’s kingdom, for it is in and outside of you 
Never tremble to ask for a hand to get...

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‘Wana Hin Gle’ the Lakota call me,
‘Wana Hin Gle’ my given name

‘He Who Happens Now,’ the drumbeat has found me,
reaching into this moment beyond glory...

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Please listen to our Savior
Father has always been there
Showing us he cared
Praise from your people
Treated as equals
Divine force
As love mounted the horse
Good news is here
Who...

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Stay with me near, O God.
This night is dark,
and yours, my day grows colder, still.
O' god the little spark you lent to me, my courage
By...

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In 1776 men, rifles and sharp knives in the woods of New York
Where there were small farms, wood homes and barns, 
With sheep, a cow,...

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Loose Magic

Pee-a-boo, I see you...
Got your nose, 
and not your toes. 
Skipping rocks, 
and bubbles in the park. 

Eye contact from across the room, 
notes...

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Spaghetti

The meat, 
the cheese,
the sauce.

The smiles,
the laughs,
the wine.

The music, 
the song, 
the moment... 

The vow of forever!

Then...

You and I, 
and the garlic bread!



A. Foster, Ann...

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The Cat

It is late, 
nearly half-past nine. 
You are asleep beside me.
The clock on the wall is too loud. 
I need to buy another. 
This...

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Questions

What defines... success?
Is it how many people you know. 
Is it where you have been, 
or where you will go? 

Is it who you talk...

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U

It is cool here. 
Is it hot there?
You have not written. 
I have not received...
a letter.

Do you think of me?
I remember you. 
I can not...

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Fully Human***

I find myself thinking...
  Of my present being:
  On an edge of reality,
I care not much for this Humanity —
This gift and...

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Ten thousand eyes will each day pass but not a single one will see,
for the folly of their hubris hides from harsh reality,
and when they...

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