Autumn Deer Poems

I sit, unblinking. If I am still enough, I become part of the story

My breath falls into the rhythm of the whispering leaves, speaking poetry...

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battle between bucks
	deadly duel-decided ~
		scavengers spectate

(November Full Moon – Dakota and Lakota)...

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I stole an hour from work
Drove a few blocks from our downtown office
To a cemetery
And there
In my preferred shady spot to park

Where I typically meditate
With...

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In antler duel
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Autumn eve, the sky is clear.
Her white eyes in my flashlight
shine and stare--she has no fear.
Sounds of rustling brush at night,
her hooves--my dear forest deer.

Morning...

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Ode my Deer

My special deer, you jump so high in air flight.
So I love the way you fly, soar and run,
Invading my mind days and...

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Deer gives me a gentle nod
Stepping daintier than plod
I smile a sweet hello
We do not have far to go

A sharp stick broken warns her
Bolt and...

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Twas the night before deer season
and all through the town
all the hunters were campin';
there was no one around.

The guys weren't all snuggled 
and warm in...

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...A gentle squeeze back on the trigger
and the slug shot straight out for its target,
the buck jerked hard, then he bolted away,
for a second Devin...

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Devin crunched slowly through the frosted grass
as he made his way down his grandpa’s field,
it was the morning after Thanksgiving
with a chill that was bracing...

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family of deer
feasting out in my backyard
fallen crab apples



AP: 3rd place 2023

Posted on July 23, 2018...

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Darkness seeps through stately pines,
outside this home-made, tar-paper shack.
It’s two AM, and I cannot sleep again,
so I gaze out into the black.
I feel a relaxing...

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By the brook I saw the deer

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Deer
Deer running through the forest,
As graceful as can be,
Her white tail in the air,
Saying "I know you're there",
As majestic as this beast could be,
It will...

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Spring makes union with the sun
Young fawn is having fun
Down the river the fawn will run
Playing in nurturing like her mother rays of the sun

As...

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