Poem Bale Two regarding Horses Fast and Slow

By Thomas M. McDade

Thirty-two poems regarding my many years of racetrack experiences and observations.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Thomas M. McDade
• Release date: Dec 19, 2013
• ISBN: 9781311533470

Thomas M. McDade

Thomas M. McDade is a seventy-seven-year-old former programmer/analyst residing in Fredericksburg, VA, previously, in CT & RI. He's married, has no kids, and no pets. McDade is a 1973 graduate of Fairfield University. He served two tours of duty in the U.S. Navy. [e-mail]

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Contents 1

Title Page & Licensing Notes

Acknowledgements

Contents 2

Bale Number Two By Thomas M. McDade

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Copyright 2013 Thomas M. McDade

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Acknowledgements

Special thanks to the following publications that have published many of these poems:

Abbey, Amaranthine Muse, Bean Feast, Bender, Bibliophilos, Brobdingnagian Times, Chance Magazine, Clark Street Review, Lake Effect, Lucky Star, Mushroom Dreams, Nerve Cowboy, Pawtucket Times, Pitchfork, Poet's Fantasy, Santa Clara Review, Slugfest, LTD, Sunken Lines

Contents

1) First Daily Double Memento

2) Mr. Whimsy

3) Knowing How To Die

4) Valley Café

5) Shelter Guy At OTB

6) Babe At The Belmont

7) Like A Charm

8) Landonoor

9) Sounds Of Wilting

10) Iceland

11) Portraits

12) The Clocker

13) Hustler Ballet

14) Music, Narragansett Park

15) Insurance

16) Position

17) Laurel Charger

18) Hot Tips

19) Royalty

20) Robinson Crusoe

21) Candles

22) Duke’s Gigs

23) Heroism

24) The Day Elvis Died

25) Clean Living

26) Rounding Up

27) Eight Ball

28) Sowing

29) Unfit

30) Exactas

31) Courtesy

32) Restraint

First Daily Double Memento

Daily Racing Form in my lap as crucial

as the Constitution itself I figured

and calculated speed

ratings and variants, averaged,

this that, what if and so what,

scrutinized workouts for hints

and hidden clues, pondered bloodlines

as if a Latter Day Saint.

The only racetracks I’d known

were my hometown