The Deer

The Deer
She came to me
out of the purple dusk
sure-hooved and restless.
Ears up
neck arched
Doe-eyed.
I stretched out
a handful of offering.
All that I had.
Two beings reaching
communing in this vast space.
Wilderness bound -
The Town crowding us both out
beyond forgiveness
to the last curb.
Yet here we stay -
locking eyes
growing old
feeling our way home.

Posted at 9:25 pm on July 6, 2009 | leave a comment | Filed Under: Poetry | read on

Again.

It is nearly one in the morning.
She has been asleep for hours in our bed.
Little hands tucked up under little ears.

I think it is not too many hours until she wakes again.
I stand and stretch
moving toward the stairs to join her.

But instead of passing you
I remove from your lap what distracts you and sit
straddling you [...]

Posted at 2:33 pm on February 17, 2008 | leave a comment | Filed Under: Poetry | read on

About

Wonder Woman

Michelle Taylor is a lone girl living a life that exists in her peripheral vision.

She writes “The Mama Politic,” a column at www.mamazine.com.

She has a B.A. in “poetry” from The Evergreen State College and holds a M.S. Ed from Sarah Lawrence College.

She has taught in New York City public schools, a New York Penitentiary and is currently a teacher at a community school in West Seattle.

This is her fiction and poetry blog.

Her personal site can be found at: www.outloud.wordpress.com

Her photography site can be found at:  www.adappledapple.wordpress.com

Her classroom site can be found at: www.thelivingclassroom.wordpress.com

Contact her at themamapolitic@riseup.net