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Monday, October 31, 2011

"The Frankincense Trail" Guest Writer



Congratulations, Jody, on your new book release!
Thank you for having me as a guest on your book tour!

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The Arabian Horse
by Gina McKnight

Through wind-swept deserts to green-laden meadows, the Arabian horse has been prized for centuries from Egyptian royalty and Bedouin nomads to modern-day equestrians.  Known as the ‘keheilan’, meaning ‘pure blood, through and through’, Arabian horses are one of the oldest pure horse breeds in the world.  


Bred to be ‘war horses’ and originating from the Arabian Peninsula over 4,500 years ago, the Arabian horse has been the topic of myth and legend. Bedouin legend retells that Allah created the Arabian from the four winds; spirit from the North, strength from the South, speed from the East, and intelligence from the West.  In the midst of creating the Arabian horse, Allah exclaimed, “I create thee, Oh Arabian.  To thy forelock I bind Victory in Battle. On thy back, I set a rich spoil and a Treasure in thy loins. I establish thee as one of the Glories of the Earth…I give thee flight without wings.” 


In A.D. 1121, the first Arabian horse arrived in Britain when Alexander I, King of Scotland, presented an Arabian horse to the Church of St. Andrews.  Years later, the breed was introduced by Charles II to British ponies to improve their speed, resulting in great popularity in Britain.  Eventually, the Arabian horse landed on every shore across the globe. International trade increased in 1991 with the collapse of the former Soviet Union, greater Egyptian political stability, and the rise of the European Union.  Today the Arabian horse is one of the top ten horse breeds in the world.  


The Arabian horse is popular for its wide versatility; grace and speed – from cultured dressage dance to competitive endurance races. For hundreds of years the Arabian has been used to refine and improve other breeds.  Distinctive features, such as their concave profile and arched neck, separate Arabians from other horse breeds.  Their perfect symmetry, disposition, agility and influential conformation is showcased by their beauty, stamina and balance. Intelligent, refined and attractive, Arabian horses will continue to mesmerize the world and remain the horse of legends.

Gina McKnight, Equestrian & Freelance Writer, USA
October 30, 2011
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Saturday, October 29, 2011

Dock Horses

I see you bending,
the dock horses stumble
sultry and sound
they beckon for souls

Dappled and grey
their tails swish through time
stomping at you
holding what's true

Ferus thoughts
as you glance at me
eyes only open
to mine

Dock horses know
the fate of some
keeping alert at the helm;
steady and shackled
they keep to their work
while you bend and
reach for more

@gmcknight '11



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Friday, October 28, 2011

Thoughts

Gallant and green
thoughts haunt my day
feeling their way through my head;
thinking of you wearing careless me,
conquering, crowned, and clad

Brave and blue
they wittingly tell
who has control of my heart;
thinking of you holding fragile me,
draping, delicate, and dark

Calm and cerise
they keep my dreams
wrenched in the cogs of time;
thinking of you thinking of me,
covered, content, and complete

@gmcknight '11

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Saturday, October 22, 2011

International Poetry Expo, Destiny Church, Wakefield, England


    • The International Poetry Expo includes work from:-
      Gina McKnight(Ohio),Elizabeth Hexberg(California),Jan Phillips(Oklahoma),Suzanne Parlee(New Brunswick),Feon Davis(North Carolina),Susan Bertie(Nebraska),Cameron Dockery(Michigan),Hollie Bolster(Ontario),Ann Aguilar(The Phillipines),Gopal Lahiri,(India)Basil Razack,(India)Lokesh Roy(India),Martin Nicholson and Ron Gabbott(Wakefield)


    • www.destinypoets.co.uk International Poetry Expo
       (16th.-31st.October) celebrates Destiny Poets'1st.Anniversary.
      A total of 14 poets representing all their home states,provinces and Countries were selected on 9th. October to help us make history.And to show off their undisputed talents.



    • TRESSES



      silence is still with requiting love of
      riotous thoughts
      strong and unbound,
      feeling unreachable locks;
      eager to palm

      concealed in favor with sabled silk and
      interwoven tresses flowing
      deep in the trench,
      soft in the hand;
      anxious to know

      discretion weeps in tears of restraint to
      impetuous love
      softly spoken,
      on waxen strands;
      impossible to touch

      © Gina McKnight 2011


      CHOICES

      do you dream 
      like i do?
      crashing, pounding,
      freeing a thought,
      finding the fates;
      choices may leave,
      time will escape

      do you wish
      for more?
      wandering, chancing,
      searing your mind,
      healing wounds;
      where are you now?
      denied of what's yours

      wishes and dreams
      finding a niche,
      gaining momentum,
      realizing what's true,
      wanting what's taken;
      choices will leave
      time doesn't wait

      © Gina McKnight 2011

      Thank you to my inspiration ~

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Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Keep Me


My brain entreats a
solemn thought, it wields
and weeps throughout the
day, keeping me foolish,
foundered and stray

Why do I let these thoughts
wander in? they keep me
in reckless libertine,
fragile and free

Part with me to the
ends of the world,
to places I've never
seen or from heard;
keep me


© Gina McKnight 2011


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