I didn’t get my Yeats Challenge post up yesterday, so here’s Day Sixteen. I’m also linking it to Dverse’s Open Link Night.
Jane chose this quotation for Day Sixteen:
“Do you not hear me calling, white deer with no horns?”—W.B. Yeats
At dawn the robin sings to greet the coming of the day,
the sun rises then in golden glow to brightly light the way,
across the sky, excited geese soar high in V formation
honking directions and chattering in winged conversations.
Young lovers meander in noontime explorations,
declaring their love in breathless exclamations,
taking breaks from work or school for this, a secret tryst,
holding hands, then coming closer, sharing their first kiss.
Later, the young white deer gambols in the gloaming
still young without his horns, carefree in his roaming,
but never too far does he wander from his mother’s side
bleating to her when he is scared, listening for her replies.
The owl spreads her wings, takes flight in the blackness of the night
she hoots from a branch to tell her mate that everything is right,
nocturnal creatures flit and scurry under the humming moon,
and in an upstairs room, we sleep, dreaming to the tune.

Franz Marc, “Deer in the Forest,” [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
I just loved your choice of words!! A good read after a long time❤❤
Thank you very much!
So peaceful and serene. The world needs more of this feeling…(K)
Thank you, Kerfe. Yes, wouldn’t that be nice?
Yes and yes.
All lovely—images and illustration!
Thank you! I thought you’d like the illustration. 🙂
You know me and my tastes 🙂
🙂
Okay, I’m sorry. I don’t want to sound too gushy. But this poem is BRILLIANT. Simply brilliant. I’ve read it to myself, and then out loud, and now silently again, with such pleasure. You are a poet’s poet, Merril. But you’re also an accessible poet whose poems speak volumes even to those of us who aren’t well-versed in poetry.
Gush all you want, Pam! 🙂 What a kind and generous comment. Thank you so much! I really appreciate it, and I’m glad you liked the poem enough to read it over a few times. ❤
And I’m hoping that by tweeting it out there, others will get the pleasure, too. xo
That is very kind. Thank you, Pam!
I love the end showing how much we miss by sleeping… (but I still going to sleep)
Thank you, Björn. I’m off to bed, too. 🙂
This is so beautiful, Merril. Young love, young deer, and a humming moon. Wonderful. 🙂
Thank you very much, Robin! 🙂
Such natural pleasure
Thank you, Derrick.
So beautiful Merril!
Thank you very much, Holly!
Thank you, it is my pleasure!
🙂
Nice sound!
Thank you, Frank.
A lovely poem and reminds me of the beauty of nature ~ Thank you for sharing ~
Thank you very much, Grace. 🙂
Franz Marc is one of my favorite artists! His art decorated a lot of my Mom’s UNICEF holiday cards.
I think this is very sweet with a whole cast of animals~ owls, robin, deer, geese. . .
My favorite passage was the young deer and his gamboling in the gloaming. xo
I actually started out with the deer gamboling in the gloaming. 🙂
It’s an outstanding and memorable line, Merril! 🙂
Thank you! 🙂