When I read it silently, the bit that jumped out at me was the bit about 'the ultimate /meaning of life is nothing /more than accepting death. Now, on reread aloud, I am struck more by the quiet elegance of this one
arm draped around her drooping neck
and the way that the morning routine is a series of actions that do not stop but flow one into the other, each distinct with its comma, and yet the horse the poem does not stop walking but keeps going as if every line is the way life is.
Re: your previous example, I commented that each line had a "conversational inevitability"; here that is true of each phrase, however any particular phrase might be broken up across the lines. That to me seems characteristic of cowboy poetry, so I would agree that this example here fits in the same genre. If I were a cowboy poet myself, I would likely do a mix of old and new until I found a voice that seemed like it had always been.
Incidentally, thank you very much for contacting the poet & asking about his policies re: reposting vs linking; it can be disappointing to be denied permission to repost, but the act of asking can itself become ground for future relationships that benefit the community as a whole. (For example, I would feel much more comfortable asking Mr. Zarzyski if he would be interested in Hosting here knowing that we've been respectful of his wishes re: copyright than I would without any prior contact, and definitely more comfortable than if we had violated his policies on copyright in some way in the past.) So thank you for being a good POETREE ambassador; I hope you consider sharing a link to this post with Mr. Zarzyski so that he'll have a chance to read and respond to our thoughts and feedback if he chooses.
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the horsethe poem does not stop walking but keeps going as if every line is the way life is.Re: your previous example, I commented that each line had a "conversational inevitability"; here that is true of each phrase, however any particular phrase might be broken up across the lines. That to me seems characteristic of cowboy poetry, so I would agree that this example here fits in the same genre. If I were a cowboy poet myself, I would likely do a mix of old and new until I found a voice that seemed like it had always been.
Incidentally, thank you very much for contacting the poet & asking about his policies re: reposting vs linking; it can be disappointing to be denied permission to repost, but the act of asking can itself become ground for future relationships that benefit the community as a whole. (For example, I would feel much more comfortable asking Mr. Zarzyski if he would be interested in Hosting here knowing that we've been respectful of his wishes re: copyright than I would without any prior contact, and definitely more comfortable than if we had violated his policies on copyright in some way in the past.) So thank you for being a good POETREE ambassador; I hope you consider sharing a link to this post with Mr. Zarzyski so that he'll have a chance to read and respond to our thoughts and feedback if he chooses.