Today, we are excited to share with you an excerpt from the newly released Under the Same Sky , by Carolyn Chilton Casas one of our regular contributors. Under the Same Sky is Carolyn's second poetry collection, and was released today with Golden Dragonfly Press . Together in the Evening Light In the soft light of longer evening hours, we sit down at our rough pine table with warm plates of grilled fish and steamed vegetables. I glance past my husband and see two deer lying on the grass— a doe, her eyes locked with mine, and her fawn, head twisted back resting on his shoulder as he sleeps. She does not startle when I stand to bring the butter, pour the wine; they are frequent guests. In a bougainvillea next to the window, a blue jay darts in and out, carrying twigs to knit her nest. Now she hops in bushes near the deer, then flutters to a stop on top of the fawn. When there is no complaint, she begins to pick at his molting hair, his humble offering
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