Poems of the Week

Dark Horse

by Alex Steelsmith

“Little-known Rombauer sprung an 11-1 upset to win the Preakness…”
AP News

Lickety-quickety
Little-known Rombauer
left his competitors
stunned and aghast.

Odds of his winning seemed
infinitesimal—
till he was freakishly,
Preakishly fast.