A Posture of Indifference

By Richard L. Provencher

Mon, 21 Aug 2023
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Once the deer used

to decorate

this crop of hills

many small ones at that

along our journey’s

grassy path

tallying up the ones

we saw – today

better than

our last numbers.

 

 

Certificate U
Poem
Enter the Meadow
Nature

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Submitted by Richard L. Prov... on

 

Richard L. Provencher

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on

Deer are such shy and nervous beautiful creatures, you are lucky to see them. Here in England when we walk in the forest there are supposed to be loads, but we never see them, mind you I don't blame them hiding from humans, we're pretty scary and some people can be dangerous.

Jenny.

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Submitted by Richard L. Prov... on

We are blessed to have many deer in an area of 20 x 4 km which my wife & I drive every day . Our legs  are limited in hiking. Gas is expensive but we neither smoke nor drink so it evens out. We do personal research on their habits and observe their living and child-rearing habits. Mother always leads them first across streets. The most we saw one day was 51 in our usual two hour driving period.

Richard L. Provencher

Submitted by Turlough on

I once went to the Isle of Jura where it is believed that the red deer population outnumbers the human population on a ratio of thirty to one.

And George Orwell lived there for a while. He wrote 1984 while he was there.

Two facts that made me wonder if it was safe to visit the island and would I go home with my marbles intact.

To see all those dear deer in the wild was a fabulous experience. I think they'd do a much better job of being the dominant species than humans ever could.

Turlough

Submitted by Richard L. Prov... on

WOW that must have been really exiting.

Richard L. Provencher

Submitted by Tom Brown on

Sadly Richard, on the plains of America there were also thousands and thousaands of Bison, here in South Africa we had herds many many thousands of Springbuck on the highveld, basically wiped out long ago. At least the migrating Wildebeest are still in such numbers.

It's just your poem's title it doesn't make much sense to me.

All the best! Tom

 

Submitted by Richard L. Prov... on

Thanks for the neat comments. My title refers to those who do not really care about deer, for various reasons. They are very intelligent, have one or 2 babies per year and main diet is grass in summer and twigs in winter - yummy.

Richard L. Provencher