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    Let the Blind Horse Lead
    Let the Blind Horse Lead
    Let the Blind Horse Lead
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    Let the Blind Horse Lead

    By Kimberly Esteran

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    In "Let the Blind Horse Lead," you'll find poems penned from the author's life experience and the lessons she learns in letting go, being present to change, or simply stopping and listening to nature's wisdom. The author simply asks the reader to pause and pay attention.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKimberly Esteran
    Release dateJun 24, 2022
    ISBN9781736967362
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      Book preview

      Let the Blind Horse Lead - Kimberly Esteran

      Let The Blind Horse Lead

      Let The Blind Horse Lead

      Forty-nine

      Poems

      and

      One

      Prose Poem

      Kimberly Kaye Esteran

      Lilith House Press

      Mentoring Women Authors. Your Voice Matters.

      Copyright 2022 by Kimberly K. Esteran

      All rights reserved

      No part of this book may be reproduced, scanned, or distributed in any form without the written permission from the copyright holder. For more information, please contact the author. www.Kimesteran.com

      ISBN 978-1-736-9673-5-5 (softcover)

      ISBN 978-1-7369673-6-2 (E-book)

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2022901647

      Cover and interior design: Jane Dixon-Smith/jdsmith-design.com

      Editor: Jane Kuhar

      Illustrations: Jordan Kaye Davis

      Author photography: Eric Esteran

      Illustrator photography: Mark Richards

      For Bernadette and John Spillane

      who dream dreams and make them real

      and all the people and animals at the Happy Dog Ranch Foundation

      where miracles happen daily

      Thank you

      Happy Dog Ranch Foundation: Rehabilitating Horses & Farm Animals; Educating and Healing People. We strive to connect humans with animals in a safe and nurturing environment where love and understanding will flourish. A Place to Heal is the title of a short documentary on the website, www.happydogranch.org

      One hundred percent of the proceeds from this book go to support the Happy Dog Ranch Foundation. If you would like to learn more about them, please visit their website.

      Rainbows

      When you live at the bottom of the rainbow,

      do you see the colors?

      Or, simply live in a beautiful world?

      Or, perhaps, not notice anything at all?

      ~Kimberly Esteran

      Contents

      Forward

      Introduction

      Today . . .

      How Do Trees Decorate Their Toes?

      Where the Poems Live

      Isn’t It

      Giggle Back to Green

      A Poem, A Prayer, A Promise

      Sacred

      Now

      A Little More Rose

      How Many Times?

      Simple

      Too Much Thinking

      Being Present

      On Grace and Waiting

      Please. Amen.

      June, The Month of Perfect Days

      One More Thing

      The Wisdom of a Thousand Years

      The Practice Before the Practice

      The Fall

      Fresh Mountain Air

      Summer Solstice

      Day Three

      Holding Up a Mountain

      Stones and Tears

      Energy

      A Daily Reminder

      The Knife

      Softly

      Count By Touching

      Good-bye Stories

      Open My Mind

      Long and Deep

      Cookies

      The Apple Tree

      Griffin Dreams

      Vitality

      secrets

      Thoughts on Surrender

      There Is a Sweetness in an Old Dog’s Joy

      Walking Trees

      And This . . .

      In Your Eyes

      Musings from the Stall

      I Didn’t Know

      Tough

      These Words

      Let the Blind Horse Lead

      Scatter Me

      Epilogue

      Listening to the Horses

      With Gratitude

      About the Author

      About the Illustrator

      Forward

      ~by Jeffrey Ritter

      Serenity. Think of it not as a state of mind but, rather, as a destination, a multi-dimensional space in which you can find yourself, aware through each of your senses that all which surrounds you is wondrous. And you exist there. You belong there. Embraced.

      In this third published collection of her poetry, Kim invites you to join with her heart and, in

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