Farm Rivalry – A Short Horse Western – (poem)

by Stephen J Frankenberry

About horses was our latest prompt, this one from Dora, at dVerse Poets.

A little fun.

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Farm Rivalry – A Short Horse Western

Hold your horses shushed the horse whisperer

at the gate

there are stories to be shared from the horse you rode in on

that one has secrets ya know,

no, ya don’t, do ya

you’re a horse of a different color

ain’t ya

maybe even sent from Troy’s farm

To gain entrance to our barn

to learn secrets of the hay

enough to choke a horse

and then bolt away

before the stable door is closed too late

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Ya may think we have no horse sense

in this one-horse farm easily fooled

schooled

to which we whinny “horse hockey!”  

“horse feathers!”

we know you feel your own pack is the heaviest

wanting ease instead

nothing more than to drive a coach right through our

well earned hay

and take our way

but,

and this is straight from the horse’s mouth,

we will not be taken in, led away by bridled hand

and even wild brethren couldn’t drive us off our land

and any stalking horse that you have at hoof

will have backed wrong

this ill-conceived horse opera as proof

10 thoughts on “Farm Rivalry – A Short Horse Western – (poem)”

  1. Wow, Steve, you made it across Mr. Linky’s finish line by a nose! Good on you, my friend. Your poem reads like a political horse opera indeed, with allusions galore and idioms that kick up the dust. Keeping our horse sense sharp in this political clime with all the horsetrading going on isn’t easy. And, if I read you correctly, this Trojan horse or stalking horse better beware. They may not make it over the finish line. “Farm Rivalry” — Can’t think of a better title for this horse race!

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  2. Yeah, I know Dora, just barely!!! A lot going on this week (I’m moving again on Saturday, to Albany and a slight change in the job setup) but I really wanted to finish this one, so I pretended I was working and got it in just at the wire (with a few post posting edits)!! I loved the idea and then to have some fun with horse idioms. Glad ya like my title, that was a last bit.

    Cheers Dora!! 🙂

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