A Cathedral of Pine

On a floor of needles and leaves
I sat in a cathedral of pine
Five trees encircled my prayer
Limbs knitted like arms
wrapped around my reverie.

Walled off from the world around me
watched only by squirrels,
birds, salamanders, insects,
the other denizens of the
island in the lake

11/4/05 22:32

A hidden sanctuary for one
ringed by lady slippers, ferns, blueberry plants
A stillness in the chaos of that summer
somewhere to ponder, reflect,
slow down and commune
with the hand
of the creator.

11/4/05 23:08

edited December 26, 2014

a chapel prayer closet – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/12/a-chapel-prayer-closet-v3.html

(editing version 2 and original version)

edited February 23, 2014

“a chapel prayer closet – v2”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/02/a-chapel-prayer-closet-v2.html

edited/new poem February 17, 2014

“a chapel prayer closet

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/02/a-chapel-prayer-closet.html

edited February 11, 2014

“A Cathedral of Pine – v3”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/02/a-cathedral-of-pine-v3.html

(editing the original again)

Edited May 4, 2013

“A Cathedral of Pine – v2”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/05/a-cathedral-of-pine-v2.html

November 4, 2005

 “A Cathedral of Pine”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2005/11/cathedral-of-pine.html

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