Centaur
 

Barbaro: Beyond Brokenness
by Lyn Lifshin

 

A Scoop of Vanilla Ice Cream on His Forehead: Barbaro’s Early Years

And Here Comes Barbaro: The Kentucky Derby

As if Running was Breath: The Preakness, the Accident 

Lace of Bones, Tendons and Ligaments: Barbaro’s Surgery 

As if  Asking “What’s Next?”: June 

You Need a Miracle to Get Thru this: July 

Barbaro in the Light, Glistening and Dripping: August 

Against all Odds: September, October 

Past the Maples: November 

Why do these Horses Mean so Much?: December 

The Final Miracle, Fiction: January 

Beyond Pain: Barbaro’s Death 

The Sad Songs Haunt the Longest: Beyond Brokenness

 

 

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