tara caribou
poetry & short story author – artist & nature lover
Seen One Evening in the Cold of Winter When Out on a Soulwalk
arctic fox lifts a paw, slides silently forth, starts, pauses, darts forward and claims a lusty prize for her children three, turns and dashes off, tail low, mouth full, hurriedly
growls and grunts heard from atop the carcass of an old moose, wolverine twists and tears frozen flesh, cares not for wolf or cold, only buries the shoulder beneath the snow for bleaker future days
little mouse in full moon silently skitters through snow tunnels twelve inches under crusty ice, a warm nest down southern branch but dried fireweed and lichen tufts draw her belly to the east
overhead, above them all, the mistress moon shakes down her hair of greens and purple, feathering, dancing, and combed with glittered stars so bright, her face shines with a smile, for she loves all her small children this night
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maybe next time I’ll share what they all spoke to me…
27 Comments on “Seen One Evening in the Cold of Winter When Out on a Soulwalk”
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Looks like we’re both stuck on moon and animal themes. Lovely, as always.
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Ha! I’m always on the moon theme… moon, stars, winter, beach, nature… ya know, the things that I love so very much 💕
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❤
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beautiful!!
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Thanks Mark! I hope you could see it in your mind’s eye.
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Sure did!
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Really lovely! You always write using such beautiful vivid imagery.
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Thanks Violette 💕 (so do you!!)
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Thank you 🙂
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How do you fit into this “creatures of the night?”
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A silent bystander, always listening and watching…
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Gorgeous tribute to wild winter animals – so much conveyed in such terse descriptions!
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Thanks Tom! A few short lines, yes, but I’m not sure I could write such cool stories as yours!! 💕
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So kind of you to say, milady! 😀 Really pleased you’ve enjoyed them so far. 🦌 🦊
I’ve managed to get the eBook discount sorted now in case you were waiting to get the Kindle version. ❤
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Sweet!!
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I’ll be doing a general promo for it on Friday with a new fox story, but wanted to let you know in advance in case the discount hadn’t quite updated yet.
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Thanks Tom!
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A fabulous piece
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Thanks DA! I hoped you’d like this one.
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You’re very welcome indeed
I certainly do!
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This is wonderful. I am enchanted.
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Thanks Cassa! I’m so pleased you felt the magic.
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that mistress moon, how lucky she is to be able to watch us from a safe distance …
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Oh the view she has!! How broad and how sweeping! Our own is so limited and filtered.
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we are so insignificant in the cosmic sense, i love and always feel humbled by carl sagan’s commentry about the ‘pale blue dot’ photo. the moon has such a good view … most of the cosmos doesn’t even know we exist … this is all we have, we must make the most of it …
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Firstly I love the idea of a ‘soulwalk’; I absolutely loved this piece – vivid delicious language and a lovely stream of consciousness style.
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Thank you! 😊 I’m glad this one touched you.
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