A/N: I feel that this poem needs explanation. I wrote this for my English class when I was in 6th grade (wow, that was 8 years ago!). The assignment was to pick out phrases and words from the book we had just read (Tracker by Gary Paulsen) and put them together into a poem.
Disclaimer: The words of this poem belong to Gary Paulsen. I merely picked them out of his book and arranged them as you see here.
A Doe of Beauty
A fairy place
A make-believe land
Ice crystals showered their way with gold
The light made diamonds in the snow
Beauty splashed through the woods
And there she stood
In the moonlight, a golden deer
Looking like a picture on a Christmas card
The doe stood in puffs of steam
Waiting
But waiting for what
I am not, but I am, I am the deer
I will touch her
And she will be mine
A doe
A golden deer
In a make-believe land
Will be mine
A/N: I believe I got a B for this poem. I might have misunderstood the assignment. I think my teacher wanted us to pick out lines and words from throughout the book, but I focused on only a few chapters. Also, I think he wanted the poem to have a meaning similar to the book, but I got carried away with Paulsen's beautiful imagery. Oh well, that was eight years ago. I hope you enjoyed the poem.