Dog Deer Poems

Flies by  at top speed
nostrils flared wide open
dogs bray in pursuit

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They’re off! A half a dozen deer
Lept, racing up the hill.
For sure, it caught us by surprise;
An unexpected thrill!

We tried to remain motionless,
To hold perfectly...

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We can’t afford no tree this year.
We spent it all on dog, and feed.
We got enough to buy birdseed,
and a salt block for the deer.

We...

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I do love animals;
Dogs and cats; birds and rats;
Turtles, bunnies, deer and
Even penguins; it’s true.
People who know me well
Will tell you that I do.

When I...

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Dusk in the meadow lures a fawn and her doe to the oak tree
Where she butts bird feeders with her snout against the hard trunk.
Yellow...

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Feeling sorry for the little deer hiding in my yard today
A buck
A baby
Teeny tiny antlers beginning to sprout
The first day of deer season
Will they let...

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On a cold winter’s morning
in the Wicklow mountains
a lone man stalks the land;
his hound shadows him. 

He moves silently, swiftly,
approaching a clearing
where the pine forest...

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