Gregory O’Brien
Dylan Thomas (b.2003), Coolmore Stud, New South Wales
From a paddock lately nuzzled
by Groom Dancer, Pensive Mood
and Pursuit of Love
the Welsh poet refinds his feet
belly filled with the green grass
of races
freshly won, stable-mates consigned
to an adjacent pasture – Rock of Gibraltar
Spinning World
and the self-harmer Tale of a Cat
chomping on stones,
Our Aristotle gone uncharacteristically
quiet, closer by the rowdy pavilion
chewing silently
the silent, rock-strewn field.