[JustAmy]

March 18, 2009



Graphic by MamaBear

The Fawn

There it was I saw what I shall never forget And never retrieve.
Monstrous and beautiful to human eyes, hard to believe,
He lay, yet there he lay,
Asleep on the moss, his head on his polished cleft small ebony hoves,
The child of the doe, the dappled child of the deer.

Surely his mother had never said, "Lie here
Till I return," so spotty and plain to see
On the green moss lay he.
His eyes had opened; he considered me.

I would have given more than I care to say
To thrifty ears, might I have had him for my friend
One moment only of that forest day:

Might I have had the acceptance, not the love Of those clear eyes;
Might I have been for him in the bough above
Or the root beneath his forest bed,
A part of the forest, seen without surprise.

Was it alarm, or was it the wind of my fear lest he depart
That jerked him to his jointy knees,
And sent him crashing off, leaping and stumbling
On his new legs, between the stems of the white trees?

Edna St. Vincent Millay

[lonestar]

Reminds me of one of my favorite sad movies growing up...”The Yearling.”

[Billie]

What a beautiful picture of that fawn! And that poem, Amy - oh, what a sweet, wonderful poem! Thank you both for starting the day with such a warm fuzzy feeling. :)

[MEG33]

*Puppy Love In Iraq*

Good Afternoon Everyone
Wishing you a warm fuzzy day.

[MEG33]

This is so sweet..Beautiful , beautiful!

[yorkie]

How sweet - new life (Does this mean it is Spring?) Baby birds, newborn kittens and puppies, even baby bunnies - they are all so sweet, and they warm my heart. Thank you both!

[jaycee]

Amy and Lori, that is such a wonderful opening this morning. The graphic is beautiful of the sweet deer and I enjoyed the poem with it also. Thank you, ladies!

[Majie Purple]

Such a dear, deer in the grass opener!!