In the Great Field

In the Great Field

Several steps into the shadows 
of the forest, a mushroom, (popped 

up apparently overnight), is lifted 
and sacked.  Line drawn tight 

against the fight, (the bait 
of false promise), an angler 

cranks a prize to the bank, 
deposits the treasure, 

and snaps the lid.  No more than clutter, 
a stone, (pointed from previous encounters), 

stands out from its peers.  Once, 
a while back, a son leaned 

onto a tree, refused some drink, 
and waited three days.

–Todd Sukany 30 Oct 2023

if I'm understanding it correctly.

Here's my thinking:

In the Great Field sounds like the universe or earth to me.
Story of Jesus coming and Jesus on the cross???

S 1:  At first I didn't know whether "Several steps"  was a noun and verb OR adjective and noun.  I'm now taking it as the latter.  Into the shadows:  darkness where mushrooms or white beauty pop up.  Lifted and sacked.  I take sacked as a safe-keeping place, protection. Dark days were when Jesus was crucified, too. So sacked can mean lifted to the cross to be killed.
S 2: I wonder if you need "apparently"
S3: Line drawn tight:  boundaries, a fight, sounds to me like battle between heaven and hell, God and Satan. Or is it an internal battle?  False promises are lies. I also thought of Pharisees.
Angler:  Jesus?  
S 4 prize.  trophy, treasure...Is that Jesus reeling in an apostle? Peter?
S 5:  I think of clutter as possibly nonbelievers.  Then there was a stone that stands out.  Peter? Petra. Previous encounters...he grew under the tutelage of Jesus...
S6: Stands out from other disciples.
S7:  A son, Jesus...the cross of redemption...3 days before declaring He's alive.
??????

Couplets.  Perfect format for this poem.  They let me take the meaning in slowly....

Wow!  This is deep and multi-layered.

In the Great Field

I.

A walker takes several steps into the shadows 
of the forest, a mushroom, (popped 
up apparently overnight), is lifted 
and sacked. 

II.

Line drawn tight 
against the fight, (the bait 
of false promise), an angler 
cranks a prize to the bank, 
deposits the treasure, 
and snaps the lid.  

III.

No more than clutter, 
a stone, (sharp from previous encounters), 
stands out from its peers.  

IV.

Once, 
a while back, a son leaned 
onto a tree, refused some drink, 
and waited three days.

–Todd Sukany 30 Oct 2023

One thing is not running into the next thing.
It matters. 
It gives my mind time to think on that one thing at a time.
I like the breaks, the numbers.  Yes.
Thanks for sharing... Wow! Format.