Horse Prayers: Poems from the Prairie

A collection of poetry from a small farm on the Colorado prairie; tiny stories in simple words praise for the beautiful fragile land and love poems to horses. This is a 106-page book of poetry and full-color photography a softcover mini-coffee table book. Some heartfelt some humorous these poems are a howl to the prairie wind. Im a woman on a farm wonderstruck by this simple life with its plain beauty; the comfort of daily chores and bittersweet sunsets. Even my words cant look away. And the horses. This old gray mare isnt over that girlish phase. None of us are so I write love poems to horses putting words to this equine passion that powers a central part of our lives. What is it that pulls us so fiercely to horses? Horse Prayers is poetry but this love affair with brevity doesnt threaten my long-term relationship with writing non-fiction. Its more like an inky ménage à trois.WishWe felt them closebefore we had skin;from an infinite prairiethe vibration began.A slow rolling nickerrumbled more feltthan heard. Horsescalled to us beforewe were born so wewould remember theirwarm breath when wefirst saw fairy-tale imagesin childrens books. Wewere theirs long beforewe called them our own.