Feast day
I put six spoons
of silver in my pocket
and looked for dinner
in the garden and on my plate
till a great butter-woman
filled our bellies
with horses and with dirt.
Poèmes sur le thème : horse
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Horse whisperer
A horse in a bad mood
is a hard horse, a high horse—
simple fury without much mind.
I sat with him a good while,
talking home and bed.
Man with a Bag
Night came at noon
in a bag that I took
home with me—
late night, but the horses
could not carry us
farther than a light ink.
Hard Ride
A horse with
the king’s guitar.
A lost horse
to carry me
to the tomb.
I kiss a late rose,
having laid out
my walking garb,
weary and hot.
Birthday of Desire
The birthday of desire.
My wife offered me a true horse
and I had great pleasure in riding:
a house built high with two sticks,
a bonfire of guns.
We go off for the same joy
and return for trouble.
Old Harry
Red herrings to breakfast:
boot-heel hole as big as a horse
through the forest, one path
as if through a red regiment.
Old Harry went out to buy a hat
and met the Greyhound,
where I found him vexed
about breaking the Lord’s lock.
The strong, silent type
words love quiet
as the office a clock
or horses the evening
we ride easily through the streets
feet cramped by new hard boots
Horse sense
a horse head in a tree
showed me the whole mystery of abuse
we understand backward
dying more of envy than true love
kill other persons
but let the rules be
Proverbial (13)
Sun on the water
shall never thirst.
An excellent cook took
the sacrament on his knees.
A captain forced to walk
ordered ships to carry horse.
Cowboy haiku
noon field—
I find nobody
and a horse
after foolish talk
the discourse
of rain
I keep
a great distance
in my truck
Stewardship
Before the mouth,
who owned me?
We set fire to the marsh
and to the swallow,
full of false Latin.
Our anchor is a salt-cellar.
At evening in the harbor,
horses run to the sea.
Funeral instructions
Call up a merry rump
to carry to the grave.
Dine below the buttery
church of money.
Dine at a secluded grave
on the horse of the house.