Wild Horses Run Free: (Poems, Prose and Essays)

By Rita Nashell McClendon

Romance on an American Indian Apache, Red Feather, and an Apache/Caucasian, Anna, in the changing times at the end of the Old West.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Feb 12, 2010
• ISBN: 9781450080521

Rita Nashell McClendon

Rita Nashell McClendon has been a Chicagoan since birth. From 2001 until 2004, she attended writing workshops at Mable Manning Library in Chicago to develop her writing skills. Rita has written songs entitled Live, Christian, I’ve Never Experienced This Pain Before, Me, Myself and Independence, The Lady Bug, and You’re Beautiful. Finding the humor in all things, Rita’s objective is to write about issues that repress women, and to inspire them to aspire for whatever they envision could be by taking the bitterness out of life and creating something delicious from it. She is a pioneer in the literary field by self classifying her works as erratic. Wild Horses Run Free includes psychological themes, which are shown in such works as The Difference Between the Passive, the Aggressive, and the Intermediate, Obsessive Compulsive, Scotophobia Artistic/Autistic, Facade and Clown Boy. Social concerns are attended to in Talk, Neeka and Why I Would Not Give Obeisance to the King. Also, Racial and color caste dilemmas are demonstrated in Fair/Fair, The Connotation of the Denotation, and No Such Thing. Sexually expressive pieces are exhibited in Innocent but Not, Sexy, Terry and Cleansing the Womb. Work-related issues are dealt with in Sole Occupation. Religious implications are embarked upon in Ambassadors for Christ, Whoremasters, Woe unto the Shepherds, and Revolving Door. Most importantly, The Other Persuasion, The Shirt Commentaries, Alpha Man and Me, Myself and Independence exhorts women to become more self reliant.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Wild Horses Run Free

Diamond in the Rough

Hidden Treasure

Window of My Soul

My Utopia

Colors

By Your Side

Conquering the Storm

What Size Should I Be?

Bio-Chemistry

I’ll Make Me a Man

Lawry

Cleansing of the Womb

Terry

Mother Dear

Clown Boy

Scopophobia

Hanging From My Tits

Baby Killers

Runaway Child

Sole Occupation

You Must Have . . .

Good Old-Fashioned Hospitality

Pretense

Funky Feet

Fair/Fair

Pouncers

Passive-Aggressive

I Cry

Booger Bears

Back From the Dead

Catch Up

Distractions at Work

Out the Window

Handwriting

Mama

Like the Sun/Son

Jockey

Neeka

Eccentric

No Such Thing

Structure

The Connotation of the Denotation

Obsessive Compulsive

Innocent but Not

Celtic Eyes

Anti

Ambassadors

Untouched Land

Woe Unto the Shepherds

Revolving Door

A Closed Door

Meet and Greet

Facade

God is Real

Bitter Springs

Artistic/Autistic

Whoremasters

Imus Say

The Schizophrenic Mix

Heal Me

Yours

Blancan Original

Who’s Stalking Whom?

A Streaking I Go

An Infringement

I Apologize

Word Play

That’s All

In the Wilderness

The Shirt Commentaries

I’m No Snob

Sexy

Found Out My Beau was an Ass

The Other Persuasion

Alpha Man

Live

You’re Beautiful (Cool Version)

Joy

The Lady Bug

Me, Myself, and Independence

Christian

I’ve Never Experienced This Pain Before

Why I Would Not Give Obeisance to the King

Talk

The Difference Between the Passive,

the Aggressive, and the Intermediate

Dedication

I dedicate this book to God, and I am thankful for the talents that he has bestowed upon me. I also dedicate this book to my mother Dr. Eurydice Moore, and my grandmother Dr. Katherine Crim. I appreciate their encouragement throughout the years. I dedicate this book to all the individuals with developmental disabilities. This book is also dedicated to all the freaks, and all the geeks, and all the people who could not get a freaking date on freaking Friday night, and as a result, spent most of their time at the library.

Introduction

Rita Nashell McClendon is a pioneer in the literary field by self-classifying her works as erratic. Wild Horses Run Free includes psychological themes, which are shown in such works as The Difference Between the Passive, the Aggressive, and the Intermediate, Obsessive Compulsive, Scopophobia, Artistic/Autistic, Façade, and Clown Boy. Social concerns are attended to in Talk, Neeka, and Why I Would Not Give Obeisance to the King. Also, racial and color caste dilemmas are demonstrated in Fair/ Fair, The Connotation of the Denotation, and No Such Thing. Sexually expressive pieces are exhibited in Innocent but Not, Sexy, Terry, and Cleansing the Womb. Work-related issues are dealt with in Sole Occupation. Religious implications are embarked upon in Ambassadors, Whoremasters, Woe Unto the Shepherds, and Revolving Door. Most importantly, The Other Persuasion, The Shirt Commentaries, Alpha Man, and Me, Myself, and Independence exhorts women to become more self-reliant.

Written:

On 9-22-2001

Wild Horses Run Free

Wild horses run free!

I don’t think any stallion could ever tame me.

Wind blowing through my mane

Feeling carefree without any pain

I gallop to the brook.

Sweet waters have I took.

No responsibilities

No