Short Ponies Poems

For Christmas, I wanted a pony,
But all I got was some bologna....

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Penny Paticoat
Packing pallets and paintings 
Paints pretty ponies...

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Ponies running into the wild today
Having fun into the west 
Glory days among them...

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Ten little ponies jumping on the bed
One fell off and the other said
Look at Chester! That horse is dead....

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I thought there would be pretty ponies
Ponies to carry me around the bend
But I find there are no ponies at all
Only empty wishes at the end...

...

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Band organ booms, chimes,

one-way-one-trick ponies spin;

bright lights, night young, don't

look back, turn fast enough and

time will disappear and shine....

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up on the moors, sweet love
shadows dance at dusk.
low across the purple shades
wild ponies whinny 
and snuffle steam into brown grass
while curlews cry the sun to rest....

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Paint ponies in the snow
delicate dusting across their backs
like confectioner sugar 
sifted
so fine... and
puffy, light, white powder
laying on the land..
Oh how we love
our gentle
Arizona winters!...

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God Granted While We Planted

My God to me great things he has granted;
Helped grow fields after they were planted;
Flowers flourish;
Then did nourish;
Brought patience to ponies as they panted.

Jim Horn...

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Rising at her early dawn, Love's precious babies
Riding atop tiny ponies; plastic swords swirling high
Amid the air; on to joyous victory they go *.* Stopping
To play hopscotch while Daddyyyy (* takes care of the rest....

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prancing ponies of peculiarity
quintessential quips of quality
rapidly revitalize and rejuvenate me
showing sensitive shards of sincerity
transmogrifying tingling tangle of truth
underlying and unifying undying unity....

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Where no ponies free ranged, I dreamt to break and wrangle paints.
            Where ponies bent, broke and bridled, I dreamt to hang away my spurs.
                 Where no ponies free range, I have no spurs and wrangle paints....

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Dry stone walls
And rambling lanes
Fell ponies with six foot manes 
Farmers at the market with sheep  to sell
Snow in the winter blocking shap fell
Wellies in the kitchen 
Straw in the hall
Not forgetting the barometer on the wall....

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Marsh
Ponies
once roamed
here. Nickering
their abundant joy.
Wild beauty Now extinct.
Sometimes, on a foggy night
folks have seen ghost herds frolicking
along the sand where dunes meet the sea.
I would Love to go for a Midnight ride....

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Porcelain Ponies
Warthog Knees
Falling Up
Stinging Bees
Windows on Ceilings
Clouds on the Ground
Vegetables Talking
Clowns only Frown
Monkeys Ride Camels
Dogs Climbing Trees
Oceans of Sand
Lakes Made of Cheese
Such is the realm,
of Crazy Night Dreams!...

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America’s
faded glory
the polo field
reminds

Of years
of fleeting greatness
and hopes that lived
in kind

A child walks
the ball field
where ponies
used to tread

With memories
buried deep below
their grandeur
— all but dead

(The New Room: March, 2024)
...

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The graceful pine stood proud and tall
A huge silhouette by nightfall

Nearby the Indians' canoes moved swiftly through the streams
While the children slept and rode wild ponies in their dreams

The stars lit the silent shadowed plains
Pierced by shrill whistles of passing trains...

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Painted ponies
across the plains;
splashes of color
against an azure sky;
an equine convention
in the clouds.

Stratospheric
abstracts meet
with colors to produce
ecstatic paintings.

Nature’s canvas
is everywhere and
She paints life
with vigorous
enthusiasm.
...

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my little little girl
you fill my world
with rainbows and ponies

having you around 
making your sounds
sooths my soul and comforts me

you play with your toys
with so little noise
i have to look around

thank God your still there
your my every care
by you i am spellbound



(For Erleena, Ashley, Yasmin and my baby sister)...

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Paiute warrior horses cannot outrun wild quarter horses.
Spanish mustangs and Chickasaw ponies run past.
Taunting and daring native americans to try and corral them.

Paiute warriors admire the way brother horse runs.
He is outfoxing them, wise and wonderful in his wildness.
They turn back to their homeland, knowing they have been bested....

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Wild young ponies on the run
Put their heart and soul in it
Only stopping long enough
To raise their tails a minute

One stops to ride another
Is he mad or just frisky? 
Guess I could try to find out
But that would be real risky

I love the wild animals.....
Hey, they're coming this way!
Time for a hasty exit!
Anybody got some hay?...

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This a story of many horses 
viewed in the eyes of a child
as she stood there gasping 
at the death wagon, a while.

All were frozen from the cold
as the memory does unfold
in the dead of winter, no cover
ponies and mules tried to hover

Oh what she would have given 
to have owned one beauty there
And from this horror learned,
To forgive those who didn't care....

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knabstrup starstruck
                                     a galloping galaxy 

                                      polka dot ponies







*Knabstrup Horse - Knabstrupper, a Danish breed of spotted horse 
  often used in circuses for their striking coats.

*haiku form with poetic license

01/18/19

For Edward Ibeh's 
Polka Dots Poetry Contest...

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A simple human hand
Comforting their forehead
They looked so sad
They seemed to drain my heart
I wanted to stay for longer
To keep them company
They grasped at every part of me
Their busy eyes
Veiled by the fence
I brushed aside their mane
To see hope
To see a friend
To see a thankyou
Tomorrow
I will go back again
With carrots
And a promise to stay longer...

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The Imaginary World

Polka dot marshmellows

Extraordinary gold and red glitter

bronzed litter with bow ties

glorious epiphanies of light

trajectories of colored confetti

rosies, posies, peonies, and ponies

sandals, beaches, stars out of reaches

babies tickled squeals and banana peals

dolphin personalities and unicorn horns

is the imaginary world 

By Susan J. Mills...

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