Thinking about Deer Hit by Jon Loomis, write your own (original) free-verse poem. You can write a poem about…

1. A theme you notice in Deer Hit.
2. A person and an animal interacting.
3. A poem from the dad’s perspective in Deer Hit instead of the speaker.
4. A poem from the deer’s perspective in Deer Hit instead of the speaker.

Be creative! We are excited to see what you write.

Poem Title:

i claim you tobemy lord

  this riddles' answer is library.

  the "leaves" are a reference to the books' pages that the library contains; the branches are a network of libraries that connect multiple libraries' collections, resources, and items in a system of a common database, integrating them; the branches' organization are a useful management tool for coordinating the multiple collections many libraries have.