A Field of Ferns – v4

Above the bluff, the scar, the washouts,
clear-cut of the high, power lines,
a forest of pine opens westward,
where the deer come to graze,
a beautiful broad flat plain.
 
Surrounded by these conifers,
a field of ferns, rising on sturdy,
erect stalks, broad leaves,
to drink the pure shafts of light,
falling briefly, through the canopy.
 
The tall mast pines, straight and true,
red-brown needles, a carpet between,
the ferns, the regal trees, an evenness,
of surface, short pile rug, northward,
to Canada, as far as the eye can see.
 
Green ferns, red-brown needles,
green-brown trunks, broad,
bright green needles, new growth,
above, reaching to blue sky,
the arc of the dome.
 
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Edited January 29, 2024
A Field of Ferns – v4
 
edited July 12, 2019
A Field of Ferns – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/07/a-field-of-ferns-v3.html
merging edits to original and version 2
edited
June 21, 2014
A Field of Ferns – v2
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/06/a-field-of-ferns-v2.html
August 31, 2006 9:30am
A Field of Ferns
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2006/08/field-of-ferns_31.html
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