A Horse Of A Different Color
These two horse-related poems were loosely inspired by this week’s Totally Optional Prompt:
First, a limerick:
A Horse of A Different Color
By Madeleine Begun Kane
There are folks who succumb to a weakness
For races like Belmont and Preakness.
But there’s only one horse
Race I’ll bet on—the course
To the White House—a sign of my geekness?
And now, a haiku about New York City:
Trumpeting cars horns.
Clip-clopping carriage horses.
Central Park Sunday.
(You can find more of my horse humor here.)
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And now some links, for your reading pleasure:
* Feminism At Its Finest
* Carnival of the Insanities
* Carnival Of Satire
* Blog Carnival of Observations On Life
* All Women Blogging Carnival
* Anything Goes Blog Carnival
Technorati Tags: Horse Humor, Central Park, New York, Horse Racing, Triple Crown, Belmont Stakes, Preakness Stakes, Political Horse Race
October 22nd, 2007 at 12:31 am
Friday Ark #161…
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October 25th, 2007 at 3:50 am
they were both lovely… you are so talented….
October 25th, 2007 at 3:53 am
Thanks so much, Paisley!
October 25th, 2007 at 4:31 am
I appreciate your point of view. Excellent!
October 25th, 2007 at 5:17 am
Both are very nice. The Haiku paints a lovely picture.
My TOP is up. http://collectingmythoughts.blogspot.com/2007/10/totally-optional-prompt-todays-prompt.html
October 25th, 2007 at 7:42 am
Yep, good ones! I enjoyed.
October 25th, 2007 at 9:13 am
Enjoyed these–both of them. The second reminded me of the first time I tried to go rollerskating in Central Park on a Sunday. A bad skater and horses–not a good combination. LOL.
October 25th, 2007 at 10:23 am
I liked the haiku best–I could hear the horses and traffic. Nice.
October 25th, 2007 at 1:13 pm
I liked the limerick the best
October 25th, 2007 at 1:16 pm
Awesome! I love the limerick.
October 25th, 2007 at 1:35 pm
The haiku is so New York. I hear it and smell it, even from the West!
October 25th, 2007 at 6:32 pm
Hi, this is my first time posting with this meme, hence the unfamiliar name on your blog.
I like your lighthearted approach in the limmerick. My poem is a bummer after reading yours!
The horses in the park take me right back to New York. Vivid.
October 25th, 2007 at 10:05 pm
Despite being short, both creat vivd images.
October 26th, 2007 at 5:10 am
Fiendishly clever!
October 26th, 2007 at 10:52 am
Happy horsing!
November 1st, 2007 at 2:52 am
Thanks everyone!
April 30th, 2008 at 4:51 pm
Clever horse limerick - I like your use of enjambment (a favourite device of mine). I’ve also been known to adapt words, even when they technically don’t exist (geekness). Very enjoyable!
Kat