Poem-A-Day: horse vision by Julian Talamantez Brolaski

horse vision by Julian Talamantez Brolaski     clock reads 7 at all hours juncos make selves known in the snow this time dawdling I write in horse, but I see in athabascan when it's time for elevensies, the clock reads 7 what telling fortune therewith time is a thing that gets spent, like youth, $ and desire n/t so lovely as a cardinal against the snow or a tree w/ fruit on it by the time I have ceased to write this it will already be 7 adjourned to the park n/thing will come of n/t starfish creaked in the wood lurid amulet    w/ a fish onnit sign reads SEVEN all day & at all hours the dogs curse each other from afar in dog language when did the word corrupt begin to take on a moral cast? horses see in wide angle, and have a much wider periphery than    humans, but with a blind spot in the very center so if you want to be sympathetic to a horse say sucks about those blinders or if you want to make fun of a horse, tell them they can't even see whats in front of their face      Copyright © 2013 by Julian Talamantez Brolaski. Used with permission of the author.   About This Poem "The poem is on horse vision. Horses see in wide angle, but can't see directly in front of their faces. I wanted to embody this seeing askance in the poem, to get out of my human seeing."    --Julian Talamantez Brolaski Most Recent Book by Brolaski Advice for Lovers (City Lights Books, 2012)   August 1, 2013 Julian Talamantez Brolaski's second and most recent book of poems is Advice for Lovers (City Lights Books, 2012). An editor at Litmus Press, Brolaski lives in Brooklyn, New York. Related Poems Thing by Rae Armantrout Flamingo Dreams by William Saphier Turn of a Year by Joan Houlihan Poem-A-Day Launched during National Poetry Month in 2006, Poem-A-Day features new and previously unpublished poems by contemporary poets on  weekdays and classic poems  on weekends. Browse the  Poem-A-Day Archive.         Thanks for being a part of the Academy of American Poets community. To learn about other programs, including National Poetry Month, Poem in Your Pocket Day, the annual Poets Forum, and more, visit Poets.org.

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