Mark Sanders
Mark Sanders is a Great Plains native, currently living in Nacogdoches, Texas, where he and his wife Kimberly Verhines operate a small peach orchard and horse farm. His most recent book of poems is Conditions of Grace: New and Selected Poems, and a new collection, Landscapes, with Horses, is due out soon. He has published poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction in such journals as Prairie Schooner, Ninth Letter, River Teeth, Permafrost and Glimmer Train. "Counting Horses" first appeared in Shenandoah this past summer as a front-page feature. Counting Horses
One, to see the horses still stand, wind moving manes or sun tilting morning shadows onto wires and posts enclosing the pasture; to have them caught in moment and web, early hum of birds lifting from oaks. Two, to find … Continue reading