How Many Apples Can you Fit in Your Mouth?
A border collie is droned to sleep
by the porch swing creak
tin pie plates catch wind in the garden
A deer wags its white tail
while grazing bruised apples
Hummingbirds and mud daubers buzz
No one comes down
the winding dirt driveway
Fruit thumps like footsteps
hitting ground
Post note: While working at the home of a family who does foster care for an adult with disabilities, I was lulled into a poetic trance, watching deer wander out of the woods. They came to enjoy the fruits of the same secluded setting I was enjoying, deep in the Floyd countryside. Can you spot the red apple in the little buck’s mouth, pictured above? Watch the video clip of him and his accomplice HERE.
Comments
I would have never noticed the apple.
I have been reading your entries, they have been goodies. Keep them coming. xo
Posted by: Sherry | August 26, 2008 5:48 PM
xo
Posted by: colleen | August 26, 2008 6:06 PM
Luv the clip. Very cool. It doesn't matter how many times I see a deer, they still put me in Awe!
Posted by: chrissie | August 27, 2008 2:58 PM
Aren't the deer simply calming to watch? They make my blood pressure drop immediately.
Posted by: CountryDew | August 27, 2008 6:55 PM
Almost impressionistic quality to the picture to accompany the idyllic musings.
Posted by: rashbre | August 30, 2008 7:50 AM