Racehorse Poems


A Racehorse Named Desire

Should we have walked six miles instead of two?
What else were I to do?
Bowed down and raging
Fuming in our cages
I left it all to you

You wield your power
and I could only cower
to the fear of losing
With you I'm always losing
How awful the decline
Fanfare to jeers
Running into the fears
Stayed by the friend
The cause of my end

They don't know your ache
Torn between familiarity and desire
A lustful spiral
Why is it all dark when it's supposed to be black?
I am better than your lack

Now faraway and mending
You opt to continue what I've ended
The unspoken is so loud
between every line
every pause
never innocent, this cause

I fell here but not far
I pained here but not broken
I wear the stain of what belongs to you
Freedom in manhood
to feast without repercussion
I, scourged for fighting battles
only I know I've won

Because with you I'm always losing
but you're the lost one
Categories: racehorse, character,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberAn Old Racehorse

"Elderly, check. Arthritis in both knees, check. Shocks world in doubt, check." ---quote by poet.


      Counted out before the marathon began.
     Far from first, second, or third in the race,
    Yet kept pushing through pain and fatigue;
Proved everyone wrong, finishing with slow pace.
Categories: racehorse, analogy, endurance, sports, uplifting,
Form: Rhyme


The Racehorse

That horse ain't wild
Though he's as wild as they come
Defying stern expectation
Deciding when to run

Now we will choose for him
His spirit broken in due course
Though there still is something wild
About that racehorse
Categories: racehorse, animal, desire, freedom, happiness,
Form: Rhyme

Racehorse Acrostic

R… apes my wallet frequently.
A… prolonged waste of time.
C… arelessly treds over my happiness.
E… conomic failure, no question.
H… opefully going to break even some day.
O… h my god, look at these vet bills!
R… est? What’s that?
S… hoot, beat by a nose again.
E…ating dirt isn’t only the jockey’s job, but mine as well!
Categories: racehorse, horse, race,
Form: Acrostic

In Memory of the Racehorse

Long legged, refined;
               An explosive turn of foot
               Racing to survive.

               Winners applauded; 
               Losers are soon forgotten
               A bloody business. 

               The rejects die young;
               no mercy being shown, slain
               Such a tragic end
Categories: racehorse, horse,
Form: I do not know?


The Racehorse

In equine racing they always say,
You hope to win when you make your play;
Off course as you know,it's the horses that show,
They're the only ones to make their hay.
With no help from the divine my guess could be as good as thine,
For doesn't our quadruped take a million fools,
For a ride not individually, but at a time?
Never known to run quite true,
All handicapping techniques never seem to do.
Yet it always finds it's friends,
Poor battered punters,trying to make amends.
Wagering on them are millions spent,
To get you returns it was never meant.
This sport of Kings will carry on,
But as king of this sport.....You could never be DON!!!


                                                               --- Princefreakasso
                                                                   (Artist and Poet)
Categories: racehorse, animals
Form: Dramatic Verse
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