A space in the dark
untrammeled woods
Off the path untraveled, forgotten...
Alone, silent in the sparse glade, the forest,
Under the watch of maples and birch only
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 only;
Discoverer, tromping through the mud of the season
gathered on my thick-soled boots...
near the lost stone wall, a rusted wagon wheel
and a forgotten bale of barbed wire...
Nestled, planted, by
the lean-to we built
to get away for awhile
just up the way from our homes...
Where I stayed overnight;
Exploring the hill,
the bank below the rocks....
I could find it
still, I believe...
I am sure; I’ve shown others
years apart in time. . .
Because magic can be held
and finding it means you can again
out there in those woods...
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Edited October 24, 2026
Out in the Woods – v6
edited
March 27, 2021
A bed of lady slippers – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/03/a-bed-of-lady-slippers-v3.html
edited March 27, 2021
A bed of lady slippers - v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/03/a-bed-of-lady-slippers-v2.html
March 27, 2021
A bed of lady slippers
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/03/a-bed-of-lady-slippers.html
edited March 26, 2021
A Lean-to in the Woods - v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/03/a-lean-to-in-woods-v2.html
up the trail from Apple Hill Road,
Claremont, NH
1976 to 1978
November 23, 2006 20:06
A Lean-to in the Woods
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2006/11/lean-to-in-woods.html
edited October 29, 2015
Out in the Woods – v5
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/out-in-woods-v5.html
(editing version 4)
edited April 16, 2015
Out in the Woods – v4
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/04/out-in-woods-v4.html
(editing original)
Edited April 24, 2013
“Out in the woods – v3”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/04/out-in-woods-v3.html
(from the original)
edited April 26, 2012
“Out in the woods – v2”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/04/out-in-woods-v2.html
Original poem 3/26/2004
“Out in the woods”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/04/out-in-woods.html
about walk in woods in Claremont, NH
edited October 29, 2015
A Walk in the Woods – v3
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/a-walk-in-woods-v3.html
(editing version 2)
Edited April 24, 2013
“A Walk in the Woods – v2”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/04/a-walk-in-woods-v2.html
August 7, 2006 19:38
“A Walk in the Woods”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2006/08/walk-in-woods.html
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Off the path untraveled, forgotten...
Alone, silent in the sparse glade, the forest,
Under the watch of maples and birch only
a bed of lady slippers, clustered like a twin-bed...
Lit with filtered spring light...
By myself, with my thoughts only;
Discoverer, tromping through the mud of the season
gathered on my thick-soled boots...
near the lost stone wall, a rusted wagon wheel
and a forgotten bale of barbed wire...
to get away for awhile
just up the way from our homes...
Where I stayed overnight;
Exploring the hill,
the bank below the rocks....
I am sure; I’ve shown others
years apart in time. . .
Because magic can be held
and finding it means you can again
out there in those woods...
Edited October 24, 2026
Out in the Woods – v6
A bed of lady slippers – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/03/a-bed-of-lady-slippers-v3.html
edited March 27, 2021
A bed of lady slippers - v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/03/a-bed-of-lady-slippers-v2.html
March 27, 2021
A bed of lady slippers
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/03/a-bed-of-lady-slippers.html
edited March 26, 2021
A Lean-to in the Woods - v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/03/a-lean-to-in-woods-v2.html
up the trail from Apple Hill Road,
Claremont, NH
1976 to 1978
November 23, 2006 20:06
A Lean-to in the Woods
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2006/11/lean-to-in-woods.html
edited October 29, 2015
Out in the Woods – v5
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/out-in-woods-v5.html
(editing version 4)
edited April 16, 2015
Out in the Woods – v4
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/04/out-in-woods-v4.html
(editing original)
Edited April 24, 2013
“Out in the woods – v3”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/04/out-in-woods-v3.html
(from the original)
edited April 26, 2012
“Out in the woods – v2”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/04/out-in-woods-v2.html
Original poem 3/26/2004
“Out in the woods”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/04/out-in-woods.html
about walk in woods in Claremont, NH
edited October 29, 2015
A Walk in the Woods – v3
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/a-walk-in-woods-v3.html
(editing version 2)
Edited April 24, 2013
“A Walk in the Woods – v2”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/04/a-walk-in-woods-v2.html
August 7, 2006 19:38
“A Walk in the Woods”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2006/08/walk-in-woods.html
Poetry Where You Live.
