Tag Archives: horse

HELEN BOWIE: Epona

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The loss of innocence struck me most profoundly when the sound of distant hooves approaching no longer invoked fairy tales but funeral processions and riots.

I stroked your nose and apologised for what we had done to you.

I bit into a sugar lump, and all I found was salt.

Helen Bowie is a writer, performer and podcaster based in London. Her writing has featured in Queerlings, Eater London, and Versification, among others. Helen has a day job at a charity, one cat, and several bafflingly strong opinions on highly trivial matters.

CG THOMPSON: There’s a Tatter in the World When He’s Gone

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Knotty-pine rails and shorn winter grass,
pastures wandering aimlessly,

subdued air chewed to the quick.
Puddles notch the ground

(rough-hewn mirrors of regret)
at the hushed gate where he waited.

The morning of the horse’s passing,
a rickety world presents itself,

clouds cobbled together
in a pale and unfinished sky.

C.G. Thompson was once owned by a tall pony who was kind enough to listen to her talk about poetry. Sadly, he passed away before any of her poems about him were published. She had hoped to read them to him. He continues to be an inspiration.

SARA NIESEN: Escape

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We’re alone, for now.

Her dusty mane dances, muscles ripple in her neck, but her saddle remains unmoved.

Unleash the buckles! Cut the rope! every part of me screams.

My right boot scrapes against the gritty trail, refusing to lift.

Her rider returns, mounts.

Feeling the weight, I slump away.

A storyteller at heart, Sara fans the writing flames in young people as a BAWP Teacher Consultant at UC Berkeley. As founder of MindMyEducation.com she helps students take charge of their education, so they can write the stories of their lives instead of simply playing the roles laid out for them.