The Horse And The Girl
POETRY | Paperback | Publication Date: February 2025 | ISBN: 978-1961864184 | Dimensions: 5.5 x 8.5 | 78 Pages
by Madeleine F White
Book I of The Crossing Places Series
Based on her travels on horseback, Madeleine F White invites us to look beyond the road she rides on and beyond the page she writes, into the beating heart of our natural world and the relationships it contains, including that with herself. 'The Horse And The Girl' is not about a horse and his middle-aged rider, rather it’s about discovering what lies at the heart of their blended existence.
The Horse And The Girl is a series of 30 linked narrative poems, conversations between the ‘Horse And The Girl,’ looking at issues such as relationships, climate change, growing older, life, death and change in general. It offers a wry, poignant look at the world around us, with a strong environmental slant. Something between Conversations With God and The Boy, The Mole, The Fox And The Horse – bestsellers both – these poems detail the imagined dialogues that occur between the main protagonist and the horse she rides.
Reviews
"A deeply moving series, with supple use of rhyme. I found an evocation of a landscpe in flux convincing and poignant. An unusual weaving of ecological and philosophical themes with the everyday rural and personal." —Anna Orrige, environmentalist, 'Hot Poets' Award Winner
"Though the work seems simple, its messages are deep without being didactic. It contains an emotional truth which this reader found most satisfying. As the girl says to the horse, "You've shown me what my life is worth." This is a tale that pulled me up and asked me to take time to contemplate the way I am living a life that is all too short. For that I am most grateful." —Jane Fraser, award-winning author of Advent, The South Westerlies, and Connective Tissue
About The Author
Madeleine F White was born in Germany, with roots in Canada and the UK. Having produced a number of national and international web and print magazines, over the last few years she has focussed on being founder/editor of the Write On! suite of publications. As well as being published in a number of magazines and journals, Madeleine has also the authored the 2020 speculative debut novel Mother Of Floods and the related audio drama, The Ark, reached the top 50 in the Apple podcast charts.
