Henry's Poem - left by an admirer
There's a horse on 11th Avenue
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Horse Stories
This section is for interesting Portland sidewalk pony stories. If you have any you would like to share, send them to us or post them in our Guest Book
The Davis Ponies
Someone brought this horse some hay! What a great idea!
One Pony's Story by Scott Holloway*
Just sitting around outside Nostrana, waiting for someone to notice me...
AAHHHHH!! GIANT ROWDY DOG AAHHHH!!
OH NO! OH MY NO! GIANT ROWDY IS EATING ME!!
Rowdy: yum! This is a lot better than that crunchy stuff I usually get!!
giant Rowdy decided to spare the horsey, she thought anything on four legs
(albeit plastic) couldn't be all bad!............ or did she?
Sadly, this was taken a day or two later,outside of Nostrana.
Rowdy swears she has an alibi.
* (slightly edited-sorry Scott)
One horse that I put in front of a neighbor's house was given the name "Chocolate Rose". The horse ended up getting damaged and I replaced her with another which my neighbor named "Rusty Rose". I tied a wire to one of her feet and attached it to a nail in the ground to try to keep her on the curb. Then I had to write a poem about these two. Here it is:
A Tale of Two Ponies
Chocolate Rose, although sweet, couldn't stay on her feet
and went off to meet her fate
She dropped off the concrete
and into the street
and is now at the Pearly Gate
Her pal Rusty Rose
knows to stay on her toes
but sometimes she needs a hand
I've added a hobble
to stop Rusty's wobble
to try and help her stand
If you see that she's down,
don't just turn around
Pick her up if you haven't already
If all of this town
can help her rebound
I'm sure she will be much more steady.
