The Blating Fawn

Where is that blating?
Looking all around 
Trying to find the source

It sounds like a kid crying for its dam
Nowhere in sight is the evidence of the sound
Turn and look once more

From the direction of the babbling creek
Down where the Paper Birch stands
Skirted in native Bamboo

Where the coolness is so inviting
To a weary soul
Come sit, relax, enjoy the ions that refresh

The sound gets much louder there__
Then in the exact spot looking
There comes Rocky carrying a fawn

The fawn with his polished cleft small ebony hooves
Attached to his very long abnormal looking legs
Legs that are swinging back and forth for Rocky had him in the nape of his neck

This dappled child of the doe
Calling for its mother to come
To this day I can still hear his cry! BaMa.......

(OUr Rat Terrier who is fourteen years old
was diagnosed with an enlarged heart yesterday..
The vet say is treatable and he should live several
years..Just a memory of when he was young.)

Copyright © | Year Posted 2011



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Date: 3/12/2011 4:14:00 PM
really loved reading this poem and thank you for your encouraging comment to me as a new poet im really excited to read more of your poems!
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Date: 3/12/2011 6:10:00 AM
Wonderful words in this piece Sara .. very expressive visuals and imagery is keen luv.. a fitting tribute to your sweet pet.. a condition that is very treatable so he should be fine.. send me his name.. there is a prayer website for poets where u can list his name and I will do that for u my friend...
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Date: 3/11/2011 8:50:00 PM
these kind of memories will always be a part of you,,I am so glad that your pet will be fine,,,Thank you for visiting my words and for leaving some of yours behind,,Blessings..Cecil
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Date: 3/11/2011 5:28:00 PM
Very nice poem. Jimmy
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Date: 3/11/2011 2:35:00 PM
It sounds like Rocky was trying to help the fawn find its mother. Exquisite images in this outstanding free verse, Sara. Rocky remains in my prayers. Blessings to you and your family, Carolyn
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Date: 3/11/2011 1:01:00 PM
What a beautiful poem and memory, Sara. I'm very glad your dog will be OK. Both of our dogs died from cancer long ago, but the memories are always there : ) Jack
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