Tagged: white-tailed deer
consistency breeds
consistency breeds
familiarity – the
deer in our backyard
sneaking up as i dance between
clothes lines, under the high sun
.
20221229:1904
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the white-tailed deer in
the white-tailed deer in
our backyard has found a new
spot from which to watch
us, keep tabs on our comings
and our goings, co-exist
.
20221227:1738
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t-minus four days
t-minus four days
till christmas, even the deer
in our backyard are
m.i.a., busy rehearsing
as backup for their annual gig
.
20221221:1653
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always alert when
always alert when
there is food to be had – the
grapevine is thick with
bait for any situation –
white-tailed deer have legs made of springs
.
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in the backyard this
in the backyard this
morning, four bucks, two does, one
fawn, finding home with
us, if only for a little
while, an unlikely family
.
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this morning’s herd of
this morning’s herd of
deer pranced through the backyard a
blur, only the buck
paused, looked back once to check that
no one had been left behind
.
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apologies to
apologies to
the silent snail living in
our perilla plant
stamped to death by a white-tailed buck,
startled by a light in the house
.
20210822:1926
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in the backyard, three
in the backyard, three
siblings play, testing
their boundaries –
two bucks in velvet
mark their scent,
rubbing their antlers
across our pine hedge
.
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** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: boundaries
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