Let the Blind Horse Lead: Forty-nine Poems and One Prose Poem
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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 asks the reader to pause and pay attention.
Infused with gratitude, the poems in this book invite us t
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Let the Blind Horse Lead - Kimberly Kaye 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