Stallion rider

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File:Riddaren rider by John Bauer 1914.jpg
By John Bauer, Swedish artist, 1914: ‘Once upon a time there was a prince riding in the moonlight’.

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Soaring

in cobalt skies,

fearless stallion rider

raising shining spear to transform

all hate.

Hero,

wandering prince

warrior from afar

pierces dark night with pure wisdom’s

kindness.

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These words came to mind when Jane Dougherty offered the above John Bauer illustration as a poetry prompt.  For this poetry challenge (open to anyone with the urge to try) Jane also gives an optional ‘handful’ of words: star, gift, wander, soaring, and cobalt.

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My name is Janice.  I started blogging as Ontheland when I moved from Toronto to a rural area near Kingston, Ontario in Canada.  Over time I have found myself writing poetry, mostly in Japanese forms, such as haiku and haibun.  One of my deepest interests is the natural world: the joy of it and how we can look after it better.

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