Stirring : A Literary Collection
Samsara Quarterly

Elaine Thomas



DOE ON THE ROAD NEAR DEVIL'S TOWER

She was beautiful
and frightened
by my car.

In startled snatches
I viewed the delicacy
of her ballet:

the elegant bones,
her soft flickering
eye as we

evaded one another,
thereby eluding
some tragic outcome.

I'd never seen
a deer before
except in pictures

and she was so alive -
where she vanished
into the trees

I imagined her
tiny hooves tapping
like air

against the space
of an open
door.




Elaine Thomas
Location: Las Cruces, New Mexico
Email: nehferet@zianet.com
Website: http://www.the-hold.com/1111/index.html
Publications: Disquieting Muses, Mindfire, The Hold, PlopLop, Snakeskin, Poetry Super Highway, Thunder Sandwich, idiolect, Paper Salad Poetry Journal, etc.