DDCPoetry

Original poem reprinted online here: "The Dusk of Horses" by James Dickey Originally read: May 25, 2013 More information about the Poet: James Dickey Written in unrhymed tercets, the poem plays with image of horses, but I feel the images play a smoke and mirror role, especially the color play of green and white, when the diction brings a deeper sense in the poem.  Starting with the opening stanza, the focus here is on the "green / of the field."  Why not "green field"?  The separation of the adjective and noun brings a sense of distance between color and image so the speaker could expand upon the metaphor.  This distance is further played on with the direct narrative of "something fallen from the sky. / They see this, and put down / Their long heads deeper in grass." There's an ambiguous set up with the next line, "That only just escapes reflecting them."  I assuming, "that" refers to the grass, but since there's an am...