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The shattered water made a misty din.
Great waves looked over others coming in,
And thought of doing something to the shore
That water never did to land before.
The clouds were low and hairy in the skies,
Like locks blown forward in the gleam of eyes.
You could not tell, and yet it looked as if
The shore was lucky in being backed by cliff,
The cliff in being backed by continent;
It looked as if a night of dark intent
Was coming, and not only a night, an age.
Someone had better be prepared for rage.
There would be more than ocean-water broken
Before God’s last Put out the light was spoken.
— Robert Frost
April is over. May moon.
How many more for my regard,
hundreds, a handful?
Better not trouble the dark water due north of north.
Better to concentrate on something close, something small.
This stick, for instance. This word.
–Charles Wright
I CELEBRATE myself, and sing myself,
And what I assume you shall assume,
For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.
I loafe and invite my soul,
I lean and loafe at my ease observing a spear of summer grass.
My tongue, every atom of my blood, form’d from this soil, this
air,
Born here of parents born here from parents the same, and their
parents the same,
I, now thirty-seven years old in perfect health begin,
Hoping to cease not till death.
— Walt Whitman
Gerard Van der Leun
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Wait. I thought I had learned that you weren’t supposed to gallop a horse on pavement, just dirt or grass. That’s some tough horse.
Now yer talkin’ ! Great kiddo. I’d have made her wear jeans and boots, but I’d have been wrong.
The rider’s right leg appears to be in some sort of harness, whazzit?
Magnificent horse!
That was more dangerous than the average person can imagine…
Only a damned fool with a death wish for horse and self would pull a stunt like that.
30 mph horseshoes on pavement
+
30 mph car following close by
=
darwin
Stunt. Yes. There is a strap hanging under the cinch strap. She has her right ankle in that strap to keep her head from getting banged on the pavement. Steel shoes on pavement at full run is very stupid.
ghost is right. Darwin award attempt for sure.
Glad she lived, maybe someday she’ll realize how close to death that stunt took her. Yes, she’s a good rider, but:
If her foot had slipped out of the harness-
If the horse had shied-
If her head hit the pavement-
If any one of a large number of things had happened,
She would be a vegetable or dead. Glad that’s not my daughter!
This should be set to music: “Nearer My God To Thee.”
Beautiful riding – insanely deadly, but beautiful. Anybody recognize the locale?
Sounds like Spanish speaking right at the beginning.
Korean?
I don’t care, – both of them thoroughbreds!
Long Cool Woman in Faded Black Jeans on Black Horse
Lyrics in *unknown language*
That was child’s play in Genghis Khan’s army.
Impressive!