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Tricks of the Light New and Selected Poems, edited with an introduction by John Hollander

From The Horse That, Trotting The horse that, trotting with open heartAgainst the wind, achieves bend and flowWill live forever. So far, so good, But they never do, until too late, Bend properly and time spreads from the momentary hesitations Of their spines, circles their tossing necks, Falls from their teeth like rejected oats, Litters the ground like penitence. This is where we come in, where the dropOf time congeals the air and someone Speaks to the discouraged grass ... Tricks of the Light explores the often fraught relationships between domestic animals and humans through mythological fig.

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