~*~ Magnificent
Horses ~*~
Beautiful renegades of mustangs
and stallions,
have roamed out west for
fifty-five million years.
When they roamed wild as did
the bison’s,
before man decided these animals
were of no more use it
appears.
Horses helped change our
civilization and progress.
Work and play, horses were there
when we went out west.
Why would man rid us of our
beautiful animals and regress?
Was it industry or ego, that man
destroys and must conquest?
Hear their thunder hooves as
they travel hillside.
Watch their muscles ripple, as
they seem to glide.
Ride the tamed horses with
saddle made of cowhide.
See their dignity as they prance
in their stride.
Egyptians used horses to pull
their chariots.
Horses used in Persia helped
create an Empire.
Men who rode in fine attire and
feathered helmets.
Wars were fought with all the
horses they could acquire!
Pinto, Arabian or Appaloosa have
fine stamina.
Horses throughout history have
been favored.
All around the world from
America to China,
men with horses have traveled
and ventured.
A quarter horse was tough and
used in a rodeo.
Even today at carnivals children
take a pony ride.
Many games and fun on horses as
polo,
now may they roam free and
untied?
© Joyce Ann Geyer
Bflolady@aol.com
Poetry by Joyce
Ref:
Wild Horses
"The horse is prepared against the day of
battle:
but safety is of the LORD."
Proverbs 21:31
Horses belong to the equus family.
Equus comes from the ancient Greek word meaning quickness.
Horses are mammals in the same family as zebras,
mules and donkeys.
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