April 16: It

spring
tag
back
and forth
in half
a forest
a culvert
running
through

it

and a

surprise
deer
at the edge

lifting
her
head
staring at
the children

she doesn’t have
yet

February 1: The Cold (sequence)

.

.

.

the cold
our shadows
shiver

 

a field
of wind and deer
the cold

 

the cold
moonlight
and snowlight

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First published in LYNX, XXVI:1, February 2011

 

September 15 (A buck and a fawn)

a buck and a fawn …
ouch! I skinned
my knee!