Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Sitting just beyond the shore

the pen of the poet
sitting beyond the shore
gazing out on the water
that words soon would flow
his pen moving
across the journal page
freed from time, convention
to slow his path
to be centered wholly
beside the still of the lake


September 28, 2011
Rolling Ridge Day Apart Retreat
www.rollingridge.org
“Poetry, Nature, and the Language of the Land”
http://www.rollingridge.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/WEB-Poetry-Nature-and-Language.pdf
led by Ray McGinnis
http://www.writetotheheart.com/
Write to the Heart workshops

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