The girl was riding a horse alongside brave hunters with painted spears. They jumped fences, following loud, barking dogs in search of boar or wild turkey. They camped. She went out in a boat with two. Downstream. From there they saw the blazing fire against the night cutting mist along the mountain line. With its ears twitching, a mule deer stood in a clearing in snow near pines. His head slightly raised, sniffing. Used with the permission of Copper Canyon Press, P.O. Box 271, Port Townsend, WA 98368-0271, www.cc.press.org | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A PSALM OF LIFE by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW IN THE GARDEN AT SWAINSTON (IN MEMORIAM - SIR JOHN SIMEON) by ALFRED TENNYSON THE CAPTAIN; A LEGEND OF THE NAVY by ALFRED TENNYSON INDEPENDENCE DAY by ROYALL TYLER THE CASTLE BY THE SEA by JOHANN LUDWIG UHLAND KITTY NEIL by JOHN FRANCIS WALLER THE STRANGER'S ALMS by HENRY ABBEY |