"My thoughts turn into the cowbirds wandering among the horses’ hooves."
— Klinkenbourg, Verlyn (b. 1952)
Date
May 21, 2011
Metaphor
"My thoughts turn into the cowbirds wandering among the horses’ hooves."
Metaphor in Context
The horses will be only a hundred yards up the road but mostly out of sight. Now that they are going, I realize how often I look at them. I have gazed at them as steadily as they have gazed at their neighbors across the road. They draw me out of myself. My thoughts turn into the cowbirds wandering among the horses’ hooves.
Categories
Provenance
Reading
Citation
Verlyn Klinkenbourg, "Tomorrow to Pastures New," New York Times, May 21, 2011. Week in Review, WK7. <Link to NyTimes.com>
Date of Entry
05/23/2011
