___________ (adj) horsemanship is about the relationship between ___________ (noun) and ___________ (noun).
When I look into my horse’s eyes, I see _________________ (pronoun).
___________’s (proper noun) horse __________ (proper noun) has been seen limping around a few days after showing because s/he was ________ (noun) blocked. Nerve blocking is used for shows to __________ (verb) a horse’s lameness.
Trainers sometimes use a ____________ (adjective) bit, to force a horse’s ____________ (noun) to curl under and look down, prettily. The use of force and aggression in horse training is ____________ (adjective).
“Spare the rod and spoil the child” is a saying from olden or __________ (adjective) days used to justify ____________ (verb) human children to obey their parents. Children that were beaten often grow up to be adults who ____________ (verb).
Enlightened Horsemanship is a term that means a __________ (noun) and horse can ride seamlessly without the use of excess force and aggression. Mutual respect is important in the relationship of ______ (noun) and beast.
The difference between humans and beasts is that humans are ____________ (adjective) and beasts are ___________ (adjective).
Certain bits, when used with horses in the _______________ (noun) can lead a horse to succumb by fear, but later the horse may _____________ (verb).
Fear is a ____________ (adjective) tool in horse training because of _______________________________ (idiom).
When we _______________ (verb) our horse, it reminds us of when we used to be _________ (verb) by our parents. That felt _____________ (adjective).
Horses are ____________ (adjective) creatures. Abuse happens when you _____________ (verb) a fellow creature.
The horses trained by ________________ (noun) often have streaks of blood around their mouth and on their ____________ (noun).
If a trainer wins with a ___________ (adjective) horse, then I know that ___________ (verb) leads to ___________ (noun).
Abuse is something we ____________ (verb) about all the time.
Saira Khan’s writing appears in Pleiades, Identity Theory, Hennepin Review, Olney Magazine and elsewhere. Her short fiction chapbook, Late Stage is available from DeRailleur Press in Brooklyn NY. She is a recipient of an Open Door Career Advancement Grant from Poets & Writers Magazine, funded by Reese Witherspoon. She has studied at Hedgebrook, One Story Summer Conference, Tin House Summer Conference and received support from Writers in Paradise at Eckerd College. Her work was shortlisted for the 2023 Coppice Prize in short fiction, and received honorable mention from Craft Literary. She is a 2023 Periplus Fellow. She can be found on Twitter/ Instagram at @sairaholm.