Tuesday, February 11, 2014

A Cathedral of Pine – v3

On a floor of needles and leaves
Hidden within the lush branches
Cloistered from the world
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,
By the young lady slippers, the ferns,
Birds, salamanders, insects,
The other denizens of the
Small island in the lake
A hidden sanctuary for one
Ringed by lady slippers, ferns,
High and low-bush blueberry plants
A stillness in the chaos of that summer
Somewhere to ponder, reflect,
Slow down and commune
With the hand of the creator
By the still, calm lake.


edited December 26, 2014
a chapel prayer closet – v3
(editing version 2 and original version)
edited February 23, 2014
“a chapel prayer closet – v2”
edited/new poem February 17, 2014
“a chapel prayer closet
edited February 11, 2014
“A Cathedral of Pine – v3”
(editing the original again)
Edited May 4, 2013
“A Cathedral of Pine – v2”
November 4, 2005
 “A Cathedral of Pine”


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