http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2008/05/a-little-levis-on-derby-day/ A blog from the Poetry Foundation where contemporary poets debate classic and contemporary poetry from America and around the world. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:12:11 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2008/05/a-little-levis-on-derby-day/#comment-3527 Emily Warn Mon, 05 May 2008 16:04:29 +0000 http://pf/harriet/?p=815#comment-3527 Ada, In light of Barbaro’s death and your post, I thought of the tenderness of horses in James Wright's <a href="http://poetryfoundation.org/archive/poem.html?id=175780" rel="nofollow">A Blessing</a>, about the power of horses in Robinson Jeffers' "Roan Stallion," and the intelligence of horses in poet and philosopher Vicki Hearne's essay "Crazy Horses," published in a remarkable book called <i>Adam's Task: Calling Animals By Name</i>. Emily Ada,
In light of Barbaro’s death and your post, I thought of the tenderness of horses in James Wright’s A Blessing, about the power of horses in Robinson Jeffers’ “Roan Stallion,” and the intelligence of horses in poet and philosopher Vicki Hearne’s essay “Crazy Horses,” published in a remarkable book called Adam’s Task: Calling Animals By Name.
Emily

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