Franz Marc: The Large Blue Horses (1911), by Alarie Tennille

The Large Blue Horses, by Franz Marc (Germany). 1911.

Franz Marc: The Large Blue Horses (1911)
 
A trinity of wild horses,
heads curled down in devotion,
contemplate their wholeness,
their power, their shared cloud
of warm breath. They have
no Mondays.

Day canters by, and they exult
        in the wind, running east along the rise, then turning
                                   and heading elsewhere
               as though tugged by invisible reins, propelled
                                                          by sure purpose.

 The sun pauses on the horizon
as they trade colors with the mountains,
shedding red chestnut for nightfall blue.
Bellies full of sweet grass, they pay
homage to stillness.

Watching, we feel our breathing slow.

Alarie Tennille

This poem was first published in I-70 Review.

Alarie’s latest poetry book, Waking on the Moon, contains many poems first published by The Ekphrastic Review. Please visit her at alariepoet.com.
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