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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE DREAMS OF WILD HORSES, by THOMAS MCGRATH Poet's Biography
First Line: Night and full moon
Last Line: Moonlight weathering in the dry corn
Subject(s): Animals; Dreams; Horses; Prairies; Nightmares; Plains
First Line: Night and full moon
Last Line: Moonlight weathering in the dry corn
Subject(s): Animals; Dreams; Horses; Prairies; Nightmares; Plains
Night and full moon.
A profane rhythm of
Man-throwing unsanctified broncos
Stampedes like wildfire
Into the sin-colored badlands.
Here, nightlong they invent new names,
Christening themselves
In the cold creek.
The dawn sky expels
Their lunar voices.
Harnessed to sunlight,
Sowing the city of silence,
They plant their names
In the dark.
Crazy Horse is dead.
Parched buffalo bones.
Moonlight weathering in the dry corn.
Used with the permission of Copper Canyon Press, P.O. Box 271, Port Townsend, WA
98368-0271, www.cc.press.org
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