Backward Glance

The first time I felt any emotion about horses was when I read the moving poem The Charge of the Light Brigade by Alfred, Lord Tennyson.

Forever more I was filled with a feeling of indignation about how unfairly horses were treated in times of war. They had no choice in the matter and were relentlessly pushed into the most frightening situations with swords flailing, people screaming and in the later years with cannon and guns going off in their ears. Each one involved must have been so very frightened.

Today, luckily for most, they are loved and cared for and some even a bit too pampered. Capturing their emotions however is an elusive business. It all depends on body stance, a tilt of a head or a marginally widened eye. The most telling of course will be flared nostrils and a pair of kicking legs. The image I have used here is a calmer one where the horse gave me a coquettish glance over his rump before he returned to the serious business of devouring some grass.

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