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Poem – Old Stag Giddy (By Donal Mahoney)

Old Stag Giddy

 
Elmer’s an old stag now
shedding antlers
snorting among the trees
 
but sometimes Martha 
after her shower 
is a doe beckoning  
 
and he becomes giddy 
and heads for the salt lick
happy in the breeze


Author Bio:

donal-mahoney Donal Mahoney lives in St. Louis, Missouri. He has had fiction and poetry published in various publications in the U.S. and elsewhere. Among them are The Galway Review (Ireland), The Recusant (England), The Missing Slate (Pakistan), Guwahatian Magazine (india), Bluepepper (Australia), The Osprey Journal (Wales), Public Republic (Bulgaria), and The Istanbul Literary Review (Turkey). Some of his earliest work can be found at http://booksonblog12.blogspot.com and some of his newer work at http://eyeonlifemag.com/the-poetry-locksmith/donal-mahoney-poet.html#sthash.OSYzpgmQ.gpbT6XZy.dpbs