Coastal Path (5) – Horses

By Rhiannonw

Sat, 16 Apr 2016
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Roaming pony bunch
along land’s edge –
tails swish, crisp crunch – the munch
of scrubby grass
they find between the gorse
on cliff path ledge:

no place for pampered horse
– these, sturdy, dour
with windswept manes unkempt
survive, foot-sure.

we’ve been offline for a week, partly exploring the Pembrokeshire costal path again, and that week’s IP [Horses] came to mind when a couple of times we came across such as these. They didn't seem to be totally wild ponies, but put there to make use of the grazing.

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Submitted by Bee on

All those lovely crunchy noises. 

Bee

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Glad you enjoyed the sound of it! Thanks, Bee. Rhiannon

 

Submitted by jeand on

Hi Rhiannon

Lovely poem, and lovely picture of the horses. I'm glad you had a good week's holiday. It the photo was one you took, it looks as if you had good weather.

Jean

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Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thanks, Jean. Yes, very cold and windy at times, but one day got very hot, and so the flowers were beginning to come out more. Had a lot of rain at night! Rhiannon

 

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on

Hi Rhiannon,

you've given the reader a very special insight into your holiday, which sounded like you really enjoyed yourselves being so close to nature.

A very special poem that matched the beautiful photo above.

Jenny.

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thanks, Jenny. Glad you enjoyed the words and the photo! Rhiannon