Poetry International Poetry International
Gedicht

Ronny Someck

HOW TO TELL THE AGE OF A HORSE, A LOVE POEM

The usual way to tell the age of a horse is to look at its teeth.
At six months it has four molars.
At the age of two it has six, and these continue to grow until
the milk teeth are replaced by permanent ones.
At ten a crack appears in the back molars and it grows
to half the length of the tooth when the horse is fifteen.
Starting at twenty-five the crack slowly begins to disappear.
The usual way to know the age of love is to look at its milk teeth.
A small scar will mark what was extracted or left.

HOW TO TELL THE AGE OF A HORSE, A LOVE POEM

Ronny  Someck

Ronny Someck

(Irak, 1951)

Landen

Ontdek andere dichters en gedichten uit Israël

Gedichten Dichters

Talen

Ontdek andere dichters en gedichten in het Hebreeuws

Gedichten Dichters
Close

HOW TO TELL THE AGE OF A HORSE, A LOVE POEM

HOW TO TELL THE AGE OF A HORSE, A LOVE POEM

The usual way to tell the age of a horse is to look at its teeth.
At six months it has four molars.
At the age of two it has six, and these continue to grow until
the milk teeth are replaced by permanent ones.
At ten a crack appears in the back molars and it grows
to half the length of the tooth when the horse is fifteen.
Starting at twenty-five the crack slowly begins to disappear.
The usual way to know the age of love is to look at its milk teeth.
A small scar will mark what was extracted or left.
Sponsors
Gemeente Rotterdam
Nederlands Letterenfonds
Stichting Van Beuningen Peterich-fonds
Prins Bernhard cultuurfonds
Lira fonds
Versopolis
J.E. Jurriaanse
Gefinancierd door de Europese Unie
Elise Mathilde Fonds
Stichting Verzameling van Wijngaarden-Boot
Veerhuis
VDM
Partners
LantarenVenster – Verhalenhuis Belvédère