Tag Archives: Horses

Few animals have a more enduring relationship with people than horses. Our horse-tagged articles cover many equine topics, but focus most on literature.

February 19, 2023

Feb 2023

My Bonnie Steed – 1842 poem

Nicholas A. Ferrell

An 1842 poem wherein a woman waxes poetic (literally, it’s a poem) about her very handsome horse.

November 3, 2021

Nov 2021

A Broken Down Multi-Color Kiddie Horse in Carroll Gardens

Nicholas A. Ferrell

〜Where I know it could be worse because it was〜

September 5, 2021

Sep 2021

Notes on the U.S. Border Patrol’s Horse Patrol

Nicholas A. Ferrell

〜Mustangs on the border〜

May 2, 2021

May 2021

Four May Issues of The Nursery Magazine (1873-81)

Nicholas A. Ferrell

A selection of lovely nineteenth century children’s stories and poems, with many about people and animals.

February 24, 2021

Feb 2021

DHS Horse Appropriations and CBP Horse Patrol

Nicholas A. Ferrell

“Appropriations … provided for the Immigration and Naturalization service shall be available for payment of hire of privately owned horses…”

September 16, 2020

Sep 2020

The Pony-Sizing Cannon

Nicholas A. Ferrell

I share an article prompt that I created for The New Leaf Journal before The New Leaf Journal: A magical cannon to “pony-size” everything.