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The Idle Horse

Abby Seber

By Abby SeberPublished about a year ago 1 min read
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The Idle Horse
Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash

White horse standing straight,

agenda-less. This, her day,

only breeze and mane.

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Written for the Time Capsule Haiku Challenge. I am captivated by the stillness of animals behind farm fences. I can only hope they experience the same sense of peace I feel when watching, wondering whether they sense the passage of time at all.

nature poetry
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About the Creator

Abby Seber

Author of full-length poetry books: Brewing, All-Nighter, and Entanglements. And popular science book The Universe Untangled: Modern Physics for Everyone. Solo poems in small-press pubs. Painter and mother of 2 cutie patooties under age 3.

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