I Saw The Horses:
Huge in the dense grey—ten together—
Megalith-still. They breathed, making no move,
With draped manes and tilted hind-hooves,
Making No Sound.
I Passed:
not one snorted or jerked its head.
Grey silent fragments
Of a grey silent world.


'The Horses' (1957)


I saw the horses: Huge in the dense grey—ten together— Megalith-still. They breathed, making no move, With draped manes and tilted hind-hooves,...

I saw the horses: Huge in the dense grey—ten together— Megalith-still. They breathed, making no move, With draped manes and tilted hind-hooves,...

I saw the horses: Huge in the dense grey—ten together— Megalith-still. They breathed, making no move, With draped manes and tilted hind-hooves,...

I saw the horses: Huge in the dense grey—ten together— Megalith-still. They breathed, making no move, With draped manes and tilted hind-hooves,...