This is in response to April’s Free Entry. The opening line
is very strong and immediately establishes something about the narrator. It’s a
common fact that the names we give our pets tell a lot about who we are as
people. I also like the unorthodox way the text uses to describe the Old West “days
of dust, leather,/and wooden signs/that smack back and forth” is a great way to
avoid the cliché associated with this time. Another point I of interest I found
was the choice in the horse’s name and the way the poem uses a factor as simple
as the horse’s name to show so much about its rider. My only suggestion is to
find a way another image of the cowboy life than “under the stars/playing a
harmonica”. I feel as if I have read it before. For example something an image
such as: “under the stars/ listening for the gallop of thieves”.
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