This Old Horse
Horse as muse
Horses inspire and fascinate me. They are huge and powerful and exquisitely sensitive. Did I mention beautiful? They partner with us in so many ways, and in response, we experience deep love […]
Kissing a Horse
Of the two spoiled, barn-sour geldings
we owned that year, it was Red —
skittish and prone to explode
even at fourteen years — who’d let me
hold to my face his […]
Nostrils, soft as violets
I see it still,
there was once . . .
a new horse in the pasture,
a tall, slim being—a neighbor was keeping her there—
and she put her face against my face,
put her muzzle, […]
Nurture your creative nature
For me, one of the gifts of 2015 was reclaiming not only my identity as an artist, but […]