People Deer Poems

Author’s note: The following is in haibun form—poetic prose (microfiction with less than 200 words in this case) coupled with a haiku. It was written...

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like a deer caught in the headlights, the start is what stops most people...

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In the long dew-dabbed grass
a dappled doe and her fawn.
The deer looked up, not sensing me,
but with hazel ears high
as if listening to what the...

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In our wigwams we hear tom-toms
Like hearts beating out a greeting;
Seasons in tune with thirteen moons.

In the moon of red grass.
Let the white man come.
There...

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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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"Oh, dear.  The poor deer --
   shot by a poor hunter," they cry
And I truly agree with their "Why
   should...

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in the strong heart society there is one known as the buffalo eye. do the sweat lodge ceremony to speak with the stone turtle. you...

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Deer stalking,

eyes watching,

spears stabbing,

deer screaming,

flames rising,

deer cooking,

people eating.

By Muminah...

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A snow white deer was downed by a hunter.
A once in a lifetime trophy, he boasted.
Some folks were crimson pissed 
because a snow-white deer is...

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I crawl through the underbrush.
Swiping branches from my eyes.
Not knowing what I will find.
Deer poses for me.

Why do people choose to kill?
This I do not...

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"The ducks,the geese,the deer and the silly squirrel"

19 ducks quacking at my back door
4 geese honking to be fed
3 deer stroll up to see just...

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