OVER THE JUMPS ~ PERFECT COORDINATION OF A LADY & HER HORSE !
GIRLS & HORSES ~ perfect symbiosis
YOUNG GIRLS ~ and just a few Boys ~ English names
CHARLOTTE ~ Mary ~ Elizabeth ~ George ~ Our
KINGS & QUEENS love Horses ~ and so do we !
HORSES (unlike Men) can be trained ~ so they
ALLOW the GIRLS to scrub ~ pamper ~ groom ~ and
NUZZLE them ~ ask no favours in return
AND when requested Trot ~ Walk ~ Jump ~ THEY DO
So very BRITISH ~ I love GYMKHANAS !
Thanks for visiting ~ comments welcome ~ LOVE BRIAN
Visiting a GYMKHANA ~ especially if you know a Competitor
is a great day out in the British Countryside. You get a
chance to meet some Lovely Fillies ~ Human and Equine !
This poem is presented as a blank verse ACROSTIC. No rhyme
but meter ~ iambic pentameter ~ 10 syllables per line ~ OK !
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Author:
BRIANSODES (Pseudonym) (
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- Comment from author about the poem: In the UK owning a HORSE is more expensive than raising a CHILD ! Consequently the participants in GYMKHANAS tend to be the Middle Class or Farmers (who are Middle Class) or Working Class Families who love their Daughters and encourage them to work in Livery Stable so thy can borrow a Horse for a day. Most of my extended Family are in the latter category but some have owned Horses. If you are in the UK on holiday (there are very few terrorists !) do try and visit a Country Fair ~ It's not the Kentucky Derby but there are always some Horses and their very elegant Ladies. Have you ever visited or participated in a GYMKHANA ? Comments welcome ~ Equine Love ~ BRIAN XOX
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An engaging acrostic and I truly agree that with a day at Gymkhana you can meet those who have a real coordination with the horse. - - - a good read Brian.
Thanks FAY I wrote a "serious" poem because in my experience it is a very serious and rewarding pastime. The BRITS are all outstanding AMATEURS at everything ! Yours B
Good fun write, one of our friends used to go eventing and one time we went to watch her she was berated about using bad language to help her horse over a particularly hard obstacle!
Thanks for a droll comment GF ~ there are always a lot of expletives in Showjumping ~ normally between he Rider and the Horse not the Riders ! Yours BRIAN
Well written and expressed Great write
Thanks TONY ~ pleased you enjoyed it ~ BRIAN
Welcome
This is something I've never got into but I do live in the middle of hunt country. Always makes me smile when I see a fox walking down the middle of the street and hear the dogs barking in the kennels - a case of snubbing their nose. Another good acrostic
Thanks MICHAEL ~ pleased you enjoyed it. There is a lot of controversy about Fox Hunting ~ professional Horse Racing and Circus Horses etc. Personally I feel it is up to the individual lik Bullfighting etc. Thanks BRIAN
A great acrostic! I had never heard of a Gymkhana before. You continually raise my IQ! 🙂 Someone I know owns horses. They are beautiful creatures! It's a great day to go to the countryside and go for a ride on a beautiful day! Awesome write! Hugs--Christina
Thanks CHRIS ~ They are very Amateur affairs not like professional Horse Racing at AINTREE (Liverpool) or the KENTUCKY DERBY. Horses are very important in America ! GYMKHANAS se rather like Country Fairs with dog shows etc but they are good fun and quite a challenge for Girls as Young as 5 ! All Girls love HORSES ! Pleased you have a chance to ride. Owning a Horse is very expensive in he UK ! Keeping a HORSE in a FIELD is about £2000 per year ($2600) and in a STABLE about £4000 per year ($5200) a Show Horse costa at least £1000 ($.1300). Thanks for your comment ~ HUGS ~ BRIAN
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