deer

 

All in green went my love riding


by E.E. Cummings

All in green went my love riding


on a great horse of gold


into the silver dawn.

four lean hounds crouched low and smiling


the merry deer ran before.

Fleeter be they than dappled dreams

the swift sweet deer


the red rare deer.

Four red roebuck at a white water


the cruel bugle sang before.

Horn at hip went my love riding


riding the echo down


into the silver dawn.

four lean hounds crouched low and smiling


the level meadows ran before.

Softer be they than slippered sleep


the lean lithe deer


the fleet flown deer.

Four fleet does at a gold valley


the famished arrow sang before.

Bow at belt went my love riding


riding the mountain down


into the silver dawn.

four lean hounds crouched low and smiling


the sheer peaks ran before.

Paler be they than daunting death


the sleek slim deer


the tall tense deer.

Four tall stags at the green mountain


the lucky hunter sang before.

All in green went my love riding


on a great horse of gold


into the silver dawn.

Four lean hounds crouched low and smiling


my heart fell dead before.
 

“All in green went my love riding” by E.E. Cummings. Public domain.

A Kyrielle Sonnet: My Mountain Top’s My Vista Beam

My Mountain Top

My mountain top’s my vista beam
O’er river, hills, trees and stream;
It’s home to turkey, deer, birds’ flight
It flashes magic day and night.

The hawks hunt high; while wood chucks dig
Their gaze upon the land so big;
The tunnels shine in moonlight bright
It flashes magic day and night.

Gold finch glitters: zigger and zag;
Red throat peckers gobble seed bag.
Squirrels lay store for snowy blight
It flashes magic day and night!

My mountain top’s my vista beam
It flashes magic day and night!

Pattern #32 Pansies

Hardy Pansies

hardy pansies treat
for deer: buck and doe fam’ly
fresh excavation!

Spring Sprang

Yesterday Spring sprang!
On the way home from Poetry Reading at the library, in the car, we spied:
2 wild turkeys crossing the road
1 jack rabbit
3 deer
1 woodpecker
3 waving children
several goldfinch
1 carpenter bee
several beetles
Mediterranean wasps
a million dandelions
and many squashed bugs across the windshield of the newly waxed car.

At night, I went right to sleep. All were exactly where they ought to be!