My Favourite Horse Poems

White Horses

Count the white horses,you meet on the way,

Count the white horses,child day by day

Keep a wish ready for wishing-if you

Wish on the ninth horse, your wish will come true

I saw a white horse at the end of the lane,

I saw a white horse canter down by the shore,

I saw a white horse that was drawing a wain,

And one drinking out of a trough:that made four.

I saw a white horse gallop over the down,

I saw a white horse looking over a gate,

I saw a white horse on the way into town,

And one on the way coming back :that made eight

But oh the ninth one: where he tossed his mane,

And cantered and galloped and whinned and swished

His silky white tail, I went looking in vain,

And the wish I had ready could never be wished

Count the white horses you meet on the way,

Count the white horses, child day after day,

Keep a wish ready for wishing-if you

Wish on the ninth horse. your wish will come true.

Eleanor Farjeon

Riding Lesson

I learned two things

from an early riding teacher.

He held a nervous filly

in one hand and gestured

with the other saying,"listen.

Keep one leg on one side ,

the other leg on the other side

and your mind in the middle".

Henry Taylor

My Pony

How charming it would be to rear,

And have hind legs to balance on,

Of hay and oats within a year,

To leisurely devour a ton;

To stoop my head and quench my drouth

With water in a lovely pail;

To wear a snaffle in my mouth,

Fling back my ears,and slash my tail!

"A"

Catching The Horse

When you get out there

Holding the rope and the halter

and the carrots

as casually as you can,

remember thats he'll

outrun you at a trot,

so dont rush right up

to her silky white flanks

quivering. Then give her

another carrot and slip

the halter over her nose

while she's still chewing,

clipping the rope

under her chin so you

wont have to dig in

with your heels or start

all over again in another

part of the pasture.

Now start whistling

and lead her into the barn.

Barbara Winder

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