Friday, February 3, 2012

The Doe




         The Doe


We wonder about the doe who left
this arrow point in the creek bed.

Did she climb the bank, and face
her pursuer?  Or had she forgiven

him already, answered his prayer,
the ashes of his campfire not yet cold?

                                    —Donnell Hunter

Poetry East, 1990
Promises Made in the Dark  1992



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