It’s here! After a long winter of stress, illness, and recovery, I’m delighted to turn again to poetry.
This is trace poem of Walt Whitman’s “The Runner,” which appeared in his much-edited collection, Leaves of Grass.
The Runner
Over a hard track flies the deep-bred horse,
She is spare and wiry with spidery legs,
She is finely contoured, she yearns homeward as she gallops,
With outstretched neck and ears slightly flattened.
(You can view the source poem at http://www.bartleby.com/142/76.html.)
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