Poem of the Week

Every Sunday (but since this site is new, this week, Friday), I will link to a poem of the week. This week it's Names of Horses by Donald Hall. I remember first reading this almost twenty years ago. I knew nothing of Donald Hall. Browsing in a bookstore, I came upon a copy of his "Kicking the Leaves". Something about the cover intrigued me. Something timeless. Something natural. Something familial. For some reason I turned to the last poem in the book, this one, and read. And re-read. Purchased the book. And re-read at home. The muscular language and the natural setting mesmerized. And the ending, so Adamic in its naming, and so mystical in its ending...