Secretariat
The Red Freak, The Miracle
Nonfiction, Sports, Horse Sports, Horse Racing, Fiction & Literature, Poetry, American
| Author: | Lyn Lifshin | ISBN: | 9781937875626 |
| Publisher: | Texas Review Press | Publication: | April 4, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Texas Review Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Lyn Lifshin |
| ISBN: | 9781937875626 |
| Publisher: | Texas Review Press |
| Publication: | April 4, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Texas Review Press |
| Language: | English |
"This full arc of life—bigger than imagination in a raging fire—is set on paper by a poet obsessed with beauty, hooves, and the passion of flight....In Lifshin’s language, spare yet metaphorically profound, we enter into that animal grace that only a true poet can convey, as we race on from poem to poem, joining Secretariat in triumph—'not for a win but a coronation.'” --Laura Chester
AS THE DAYS GET LONGER
the horse dreams
of flying in the air
like a gust of wind
on an abandoned
Christmas tree,
red exploding like
a spurt of light,
flaming wildly like
those boughs of
northern lights
out of darkness
"This full arc of life—bigger than imagination in a raging fire—is set on paper by a poet obsessed with beauty, hooves, and the passion of flight....In Lifshin’s language, spare yet metaphorically profound, we enter into that animal grace that only a true poet can convey, as we race on from poem to poem, joining Secretariat in triumph—'not for a win but a coronation.'” --Laura Chester
AS THE DAYS GET LONGER
the horse dreams
of flying in the air
like a gust of wind
on an abandoned
Christmas tree,
red exploding like
a spurt of light,
flaming wildly like
those boughs of
northern lights
out of darkness
