I awoke this morning
in the darkness before dawn light.
Tendrils of an uncertain dream
webbed my eyes. They loosened
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daniel, i started out thinking i'd check out earlier poems of yours but opened this one first. i liked this narrative of more ordinary things, or small dramas, that make up most of my days, and which i relate to. in some ways these in-between moments are the hardest to render. i too get excited by wildlife sightings such as these, participating as part of a whole instead of feeling like an oafish human outsider. i can't remember if you've commented on them, but such is the stuff of my poems loving the quiet and still life with turtle. i think it's age that makes us appreciate such things, yes? glen
My guide for writing this poem was D. H. Lawrence whose poems about animals and their particular consciousness are amazing. He calls a snake ONE OF THE LORDS OF LIFE and whales as THE WARMEST BLOOD IN THE COLDEST PLACE. Essentially he wants TO ADMIT THEM INTO OUR LIFE So I reversed the dynamic and had the deer admit me into hers! !
With one word awesome. Thank you for sharing Daniel MARIO ODEKERKEN
Thank you for taking me on the walk with you- -it is good to move among wild animals without them fearing us, they were watchful but did not flee us. To bump into the mother and her children was the perfect curtain to draw over the morning, the shared smile and enduring memory of the deer's acceptance of us into their world. We should all try to take the readers on a walk.... hmmm.... maybe I shall give it a try... hmmm. Beautiful experience that you have shared - - - - 10+++++++++++++++++++++++++++
TO TAKE READERS ON WALKS You do this all the time and I have been truant. I will return to your poems. And your prose comment gave me a chance to experience the poem directly.