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OverviewA deeply emotional collection of poems that highlights the filly behind the legend of The Licorice Daughter, Ruffian. With tender care, Lifshin takes her readers through the too-short life of a racing wonder. Beginning before Ruffian’s birth, this collection outlines the anticipation of Ruffian’s greatness. With a grand focus on the days before her fame, from the quiet beauty of the April night of her birth to the brutal separation of the foals from their mares six months after, Lifshin highlights the potential that could be seen in Ruffian’s early days. From the relationships the filly formed with her trainer—Frank Whitely, to her grooms, jockeys, owners, and her devoted fans, this collection brings to life the early days of a racing legend. With excruciating care the last moments of Ruffian’s short life are laid bare before the reader, as the myth is born in the hours before her death. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Lyn LifshinPublisher: Texas Review Press Imprint: Texas Review Press Edition: 2nd Revised edition Weight: 0.151kg ISBN: 9781680032888ISBN 10: 1680032887 Pages: 128 Publication Date: 31 August 2022 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsBlack Horses in Dreams (Before Ruffian) When I think of Horses Kept in the Dark of Mines Horses in the Snow The Blue Horse Puzzle Morgan Horse Farm Sleeping with Horses The Horse I never Had The Horse Lullabies, the Insomnia The Young Girl Dreams of Escape Small and New in the Lamp of Her Mother’s Eye (Ruffian’s Birth) With Blue Green Grass Holding Kentucky Night Water Right After Birth April, 1972 That First Summer The Last Days in the Pasture, After the Hottest Days of Summer Just Before Weaking Day Taken, Picked Like Unripe Fruit (Weaning Ruffian) Early, with Only Lanterns of Light Weaning Day—1 With Starlight Still on the Pond Like Silver Weaning Day—2 Weaning Day—3 In Their New Stalls Now the Pastures Are Empty Ruffian’s Last Weanling Month Ruffian, If I Had Seen You at the Fence As with Dancers the More Confident Fillies Were in Front To Start, They Like Ballet Warm-up at the Barre By the Time the Horses File Around the Paddock For Ruffian, a Squeal, a Few Bucks After Days of Figure Eights in the Stall Her Beautiful Thin Strong Legs Some Nights I think of Her Sky Colorless Yearlings in the Pasture She Was Good To Be Around (Ruffian as a Two-Year-Old) It Was Her Stride, Long, Almost Dream Like, Floating Before She Had Her Name When I Look at Ryder’s Painting, The Race Track Ruffian’s Maiden Race Just Before Ruffian’s Maiden Race Ruffian, Her First Race That First Race in Black and White She Was Transformed Sometimes It Seemed She Wasn’t Real Horse Tattoo One Blacksmith Said He Could Pick Up an Anvil with One Hand You Can’t Think Ahead Saratoga, Ruffian’s Cradle Other Horses Turned to Jelly When She Looked Them in the Eye (Ruffian as a Three-Year-Old) Recovery, After Ruffian’s Hairline Fracture In Camden, Ruffian Tossing By March Ruffian Ruffian Spring of Pods Near I Never Like To Stay Too Far Away from Ruffian—1 I Never Like To Stay Too Far Away from Ruffian—2 After Angel Cordero Tried to Tire Out Ruffian, Exhaust Her Early I Never Like To Stay Too Far Away from Ruffian—3 Ruffian in the Winner’s Circle What’s Next When There Was Nothing Left for Her To Prove In the Blue Pewter Air She Wanted To Run, a Fast Dance That Last Spring Ruffian Was Ghostly She Was the Wonder, The Big Filly An Onyx Bundle of Energy It Always Ends the Same Way On the Day of Ruffian’s Match Race Darkness Croons to Her Daughter (Ruffian’s Death) On the Day of Her Last Race On That Day July 6, 1975, That Day, Only Ruffian When the Ambulance Came After She Pulled Up, After the Blood Was Drying on July After the Accident She Was Jumping Around Her Jockey Moved in a BlurReviewsEros and Equus perfectly combine in these sleek, sensual poems. From brilliant filly to tragic fatality, Lifshin keeps pace with this dark darling of the track, everybody's favorite Ruffian. --Laura Chester Author InformationPatterson Prize winner LYN LIFSHIN is the author of over 140 books, including the equine books, The Licorice Daughter: My Year with Ruffian, Secretariat: The Red Freak, The Miracle, and Barbaro: Beyond Brokenness. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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