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Tracing the relationship between humans and horses from prehistory to the present, Haas writes in free verse and occasionally rhyming vignettes that convey the bond between the two species. Without telling specificity or stand-out imagery, the poems are lackluster, but together they form a consistent whole that reveals the author's own abundant love for the animal.