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Thursday, April 16, 2015

Out in the woods – v4

A space in the dark untrammeled woods
Off the path untraveled
Under the watch of maples and birch
A bed of lady slippers, clustered like a twin-bed
Lit with filtered spring light.

Planted for me to find
By myself, with my thoughts;
Discoverer, tromping through the mud of the season
near the lost stone wall, a rusted wagon wheel
and a forgotten bale of barbed wire.

By the lean-to I built
To get away for a while
Where I stayed overnight;
Exploring the hill,
the bank below the rocks.

I could find it still, I believe
I’m sure; I’ve shown others. . .
Because magic can be held
and finding it means you can again
out there in the woods.

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edited April 16, 2015
Out in the Woods – v4
(editing original)
Edited April 24, 2013
“Out in the woods – v3”
(from the original)
edited April 26, 2012
“Out in the woods – v2”
Original poem 3/26/2004
“Out in the woods”
about walk in woods in Claremont, NH


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