Horses
Words are hoops Through which to leap upon meanings, Which are horses’ backs, Bare, moving.
Credit
This poem is in the public domain. Published in Poem-a-Day on May 5, 2018, by the Academy of American Poets.
About this Poem
“Horses” appeared in Others for 1919: An Anthology of the New Verse (Nicholas L. Brown, 1920).
Author
Witter Bynner
Witter Bynner was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1881. He graduated from Harvard University in 1902. After college, he worked as a newspaper reporter and, later, as the assistant editor of McClure’s magazine.
Bynner published his first poetry collection, An Ode to Harvard (Small, Maynard, & Co.), in 1907. He was also the author of New Poems (Alfred A. Knopf, 1960); Take Away the Darkness (Alfred A. Knopf, 1947); The Beloved Stranger (Alfred A. Knopf, 1919); Tiger (M. Kennerley, 1913); and several other poetry collections.
Date Published
05/05/2018