The Poetry of Horses

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A darker poem, ‘The Horse Poisoner’tells the story a reader might expect from the title. It begins with the mystery of the dying horses “two from two farms over” and a variety of others from the area. There should be, some people thought, a connection between all the horse deaths. The poem ends mysteriously and compellingly. He has galloped through young girl’s dreams, added richness to grown women’s lives, and served men in war and strife.” – Toni Robinson There is something about the outside of a horse that is good for the inside of a man.” – Sir Winston Churchill

I sometimes feel like petitioning Aintree to re-name the Foinavon Fence, the Popham Down; after all it was him that created the spectacle, the endless replay opportunities for broadcasters, the history and of course, immortality for the winner! A critically-acclaimed poet, Harjo’smany honors include the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Native Writers Circle of the Americas, the Josephine Miles Poetry Award, the Wallace Stevens Award from the Academy of American Poets,the William Carlos Williams Award from the Poetry Society of America, and the American Indian Distinguished Achievement in the Arts Award. She has received fellowships from the Arizona Commission on the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Rasmuson Foundation, and the Witter Bynner Foundation. In 2017 she was awarded the Ruth Lilly Prize in Poetry.

Two days later I stood at the Best Mate statue and there started a Gold Cup day tradition, which continues today.”

The Horses’ by Ted Hughes begins with the description of the natural landscape at dawn. The poet moved through the darkness of the woods to reach the hilltop. Thereafter he observed how darkness wrapped the valleys below. From there, he suddenly noticed a group of ten horses standing together. They didn’t make any movements. Moreover, when the sun came out in the sky the poet started his journey downhill. On the way, he arrived at the place where the horses were. In the second but close encounter with those creatures, he sensed a calm stillness in them. This scene along with the curlew’s call made him so elevated that he had stumbled while he was descending from the hill. However, at last, the poet says he revisits this memory often as it still soothes his soul. It makes sense, then, that some of these horse owners would translate their love for horses into a beautiful quote that thousands have read. Below are 101 of our favorite horse quotes, containing a healthy mixture of silly, serious, and sweet quotes from prominent figures or anonymous writers. When a horse offers their face to you, they’re interested in what you are, what you’re doing. They’re paying attention.” – ​ Brady Jandreau

Dictionary of Literary Biography, Gale (Detroit, MI), Volume 120: American Poets since World War II, 1992, Volume 175: Native American Writers of the United States, 1997. We kept him until he died… and sat with him during the long last minutes when a horse comes closest to seeming human.” – ​ C.J. Mullen