John S. Harris
JOHN S. HARRIS is retiring professor of English at Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah. His publications include books on technical writing, academic articles, and articles on firearms technology and aircraft design. He has published Barbed Wire, a volume of poems. Another collection of poems, Second Crop, is forthcoming
The Unhobbled Mare
Articles/Essays – Volume 03, No. 4
From a lace-curtained upstairs window,
She absently watched the cluttered farmyard below.
In the shadow of the shed she saw his cold forge,
His heavy hammers, his grindstone and his powerful vise—
Beyond this the sheds and pens for his gentle cows and mares
And the high, strong corrals for his bull and stallion.