Winning Ways
Rhyming Frilly on My Arab Filly
Ribb'd like a drum and limb'd like a deer,
Fierce as the fire and fleet as the wind -
There was nothing she couldn't climb or clear.
Adam Lindsay Gordon, Australian poet
(1833-1870)
My little Arab horse trots by,
Her graceful neck arched to the sky,
That happy flag tail raised up high,
To entertain all passers-by.
This desert beauty, chestnut gold,
A poetry live to behold,
May now be only two years old,
But soon her training will unfold.
Next year, she'll learn to sport her tack,
To carry me upon her back.
And then, my lovely maniac
Will prance for judges, run the track.
Although she may be hard to catch,
A-galloping the pasture patch,
Her stamina, no colt can match.
Opponents she will soon dispatch.
She'll jump the hurdles, swap her lead,
And live up to her winning breed.
The crowd stampede, she will exceed
And earn the ribbons, guaranteed.
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14 Comments
Post a CommentGreat picture. . .it's very appropriate for the poem. Great job!
Love this. My best friend growing up had a farm of Arabians. Her parents raised and broke them. I spent whatever little free time I had there.
Beautiful poem Linda, beautiful horse too.
What a sweet poem!
a beautiful poem for a beautiful horsey, Good Job Miss Linda. ken
Nice horse poem.
Oh, my.....so sorry about all those but not a SINGLE one showed up as going through on my end and then you get this whole ton of these. I am so sorry!
Please let this post show up, love the poem. I can't seem to get this to show up.
Please let my comment show up, loved this poem!
Why aren't my comments appearing? Super poem!