In the cold tub, at ten-thirty in the morning, I float like a wreck
...In the cold tub, at ten-thirty in the morning, I float like a wreck after a week of drinking and gambling,
My body trembles, my mind is a dense fog, when suddenly the phone rings like a bell in an e...
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Categories:
racehorses, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Maximum Risk
...~ racehorses we bet on don't always finish first, yet we go all in. ~...
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Categories:
racehorses, perspective,
Form: Monoku
Thoroughbreds
...The two year old mahogany stallion's nostrils flared out
mist in the cool April morning, his veins prominent, his
sweat frothy on his regal neck and muscular chest.
His exercise rider, a youth him...
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Categories:
racehorses, 7th grade, 8th grade,
Form: Prose
Spinning Friends
...She's in the booth ahead of me,
On the Ferris Wheel;
Facing me, she smiles,
As we spin like a movie reel.
I don't know her name,
Or that any of the night's stars,
That circle around us and th...
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Categories:
racehorses, angel,
Form: Rhyme
The Royal Sport
...The royal sport
A racehorse died
it had given more
then its heart could endure.
Many racehorses die
every year
the difference with this horse
its trainer
sat on the dead horse
and smile...
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Categories:
racehorses, adventure, anger, betrayal,
Form: Blank verse
A Bit of Humour To Kick Start the Week
...FRED THE PERV.
Kinky Fred stole knickers off the line
One summer night his haul totalled nine
His spree ended in tears
Got an extra ten years
When Judge Sue said that red pair were mine...
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Categories:
racehorses, humor,
Form: Limerick
A Child's Christmas Carol
...Once, it was a time of true magic,
when the world was small and soft.
It had to be magic, my mind of five told me:
how else could my brothers and I go to sleep
on an ordinary, dull and quiet ...
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Categories:
racehorses, allegory, celebration, children, christmas,
Form: Free verse
Daughter of Loneliness
...Oh! daughter of loneliness
worshiper of horus
though quite unaware
collector of dandelions
look over here then
double chins on racehorses!
that slight stain on your two fingers
story of cigare...
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Categories:
racehorses, daughter, life, lost love,
Form: Free verse
Secretariat
...All time records set
On the track you were the best
Secretariat.
*Dedicated to one of the fastest racehorses of all time,
and one of the most prolific sires of all time-
Secretaria...
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Categories:
racehorses, animals
Form: Haiku