Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, HORSE (1), by JAMES HARRISON



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First Line: A / quarter horse, no rider
Last Line: To knock me off?
Alternate Author Name(s): Harrison, Jim
Subject(s): Animals; Deception; Friendship; Horses


A

quarter horse, no rider
canters through the pasture

thistles raise soft purple burrs
her flanks are shiny in the sun

I whistle and she runs
almost sideways toward me

the oats in my hand are sweets to her:

dun mane furling in its breeze,
her neck
corseted with muscle,
wet teeth friendly against my hand -
how can I believe
you ran under a low maple limb
to knock me off?





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