Tuesday, March 17, 2026

Andy Palasciano

Riverhead Poem


“Those mules got in the

meadow and got unbroke.

They were drinking water

from the upper part.”


“That horse got in with

a pack of wild horses.”


“What did you do?”


“I found him and took him home.”


“The Chief’s daughter

has a horse for me.

It’s snow white.”




The Wild


Why do we not allow the 

full glory of the wild horse?

I saw a documentary

on how they are hunted

down and exploited.

Are we jealous of their strength?

The Bible says,

“God is not impressed

with the strength of the horse.”

So who are we jealous of?

Only One has strength,

yet we want super powers,

anything to not

say that our strength

comes from 

   above.




God's Economy


For truth, no amount is wasted.

For illusion, one penny is too much.

The whippoorwill cries in the marsh,

like my friend, who commented on

The San Diego River behind our house,

 “River? Looks more like a swamp.”

I remember being in that house

and reading Coleridge, as he wrote

“There is nothing melancholy in nature.”

A moth can flutter around

a sea of moss

and life abounds,

 like circumstance

without the need for pomp.









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