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Horse-bathing Parade - by William Kersley Holmes

{ Poem }

A few clouds float across the grand blue sky,
/ The glorious sun has mounted zenith-high,
/ Mile upon mile of sand, flat, golden,…

A Poem Before Breakfast - by Em Strang

{ Poem }

before the door opens and the pony crashes in with hoof-dirt and flicky
/ muzzle. You ordered eggs and toast but Pony’s…

Sainless - by Douglas Young

{ Poem }

I hae stuid an hour o the lown midsimmer nicht
/ til twal o the knock i the leelang glamarie-licht
/ by…

When Mum Describes a Horse - by David Gilbert

{ Poem }

When mum describes a horse
/ She has seen from her low bed
/ Galloping across the white wall
/ Or through it
/
/ We cough and…

Viking Horse-bone Ice Skates - by Jane McKie

{ Poem }

The horse won’t know how its metatarsal
/ can be whittled by friction with the lake,
/ how the act of skating is part…

Two Horses Against A Hill (for Aonghas) - by Gerda Stevenson

{ Poem }

Two horses against a hill, / shoulder to shoulder, / one faces East, the other West, / and I think…

Summer - by Abai Kunanbaev

{ Poem }

Summer climbs the mountains.
Flowers overcolour and blanch.
Men leave the sun and sit,
tree-tented, by the cold creek.

In Fields of Sleepdreaming - by Delmira Agustini

{ Poem }

The pack of wild colts went smoking by,
/ muzzles ferocious, hides hirsute,
/ manes swept out stiff, bold, like thick staves;
/ they came through…

Opening the Hands between Here and Here - by Jane Hirshfield

{ Poem }

On the dark road, only the weight of the rope.
/ Yet the horse is there.

Nuair a bha sinn òg - by Iain Mac a’ Ghobhainn
Iain Crichton Smith

{ Poem }

Nuair a bha sinn òg bhiodh uisge ann,
/ is sinn a’ bualadh chlachan air na pòlaichean
/ telegraf gun stad.
/
/ Bhiodh aon each ’na…

An Rathad - by Ruaraidh MacThòmais
Derick Thomson

{ Poem }

’S e rathad geal a bha ruighinn na mara
/ ri mo chiad chuimhne,
/ is a’ chairt ga thachais,
/ a’ chairt ga phronnadh ’s…

Ettrick - by Lady John Scott

{ Poem }

When we first rade down Ettrick,
/ Our bridles were ringing, our hearts were dancing,
/ The waters were singing, the sun was glancing,
/ An’…

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