BLACK HORSE I find myself near the river. The grass is glazed with frost and a black horse leans in as if to whisper something, its breath a white-hot coal burning over my shoulder. Stay. I think I hear it say. The two of us just stand there, less concerned than the river with thoughts of running.
Brandon McQuade is the founding editor of Duck Head Journal and the author of two poetry collections, “Mango Seed” and “Bodies”. He earned his B.A. from the University of New Brunswick Saint John and his M. Phil in Irish Writing from Trinity College Dublin. For a selection of poems from his second collection, “Bodies”, he was the recipient of the 2022 Neltje Blanchan Memorial Writing Award. He lives in Northern Wyoming with his wife and their children.
Grand Little Things 