Wednesday, July 15, 2015

A Cathedral of Pine – v4

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 around me
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 the lady slippers, the ferns,
by high and low-bush blueberry plants
A stillness in the chaos of that summer;
Somewhere to ponder, to reflect,
To slow down and commune
With the Spirit of the Creator
By the still, calm lake.

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edited July 15, 2015
A Cathedral of Pine – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/07/a-cathedral-of-pine-v4.html
(editing version 3)
edited June 12, 2015
Her Lady Slipper
July 18, 2012
new poem “Her Lady Slipper”
inspired by remark by Harriet Bean
at Spirit Study
led by Pastor Ruth Foss
sermon blog
meditation blog
“God’s Whisper” blog
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
July 15, 2012
&
paintings of Georgia O’Keeffe
&
earlier poems
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
&
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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