moss-hung trees
a deer moves into
the hunter's silence
Moss-Hung Trees, 1992
Winona Baker
Commentary: L1, "moss-hung" trees, depicts and accentuates the stillness of a forest scene while L3 shows that the hunter holds his breath, waiting for the right moment to shoot. Only the deer in L2 takes a few steps forward. This image of "killing silence" brings up the questions about hunter and hunted/predator and prey, stillness and movement, life and death, for the reader to ponder.
Here is my poetic counter/response to Baker's "hunter's silence haiku:"
ReplyDeletenoonday heat a boar charging into the hunter's stillness
NeverEnding Story, March 10, 2017