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Poems, elk MaryJane Nordgren Poems, elk MaryJane Nordgren

this land was our land

An original poem by MaryJane Nordgren

 sixteen elk, including a camel-brown youth

and a number of bucks with stately antlers

climbed over and through wire fence

from our lower field onto our front lawn

milling and pawing, browsing on tufts of grass

lifting their heads to stare at my intrusion

as i stepped onto the porch to admire them

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