from the dappled sun
out of branches that sway just so
deer are blazing
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This poem was written in response to Carpe Diem’s “Haiku Writing Techniques” #4, Surprise, another great prompt hosted by Chèvrefeuille at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai. All of the poems in the link-up can be read here. And, to finish, here’s something less than bucolic from The Fall –
A beautiful impression of the story I told … awesome ….
Thanks, Chèvrefeuille. The story had so many vivid elements that the tricky part was focusing on just one 😉
they are always a beautiful surprise arent they?
Honestly, I’ve never gone for a walk and stumbled on deer – it doesn’t happen where I live 😦
So I wrote this as if the deer might be an illusion from the play of light and trees 😉
This really is gorgeous, Blake —
But lest we let our guard down you’ve supplied Fall Fortress! 😉
Still, I can really see the sunlight gleaming and glowing on the deer’s backs. Great stuff!
Yes, the Fall offering some counterpoint to the gorgeousness. Frankly, the only song I could think of containing deer was this: Mark E. Smith barking “have you been to the English deer park?” 😉
And I’m glad you liked the gorgeousness 🙂