The
Tuesday Poem this week is "History: The Horse" by CK Stead, one of
the greats of NZ letters and recently appointed NZ's poet laureate. The poem
has been featured by expatriate NZ poet, Jennifer Compton, who describes its
parent collection, The Red Tram, as a book that has "ease and
sense of occasion."
"History: The Horse
"History: The Horse
Recall those wartime
draught horses pulling
carts around our suburb -
milk, bread, firewood – like
the record of something
irretrievably
lost
..."
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