Thursday, October 29, 2015

A Walk in the Woods – v3

sitting at the end of dinner
feeling a calling
thinking of a walk in the woods
just before fall

not in the deep unfamiliar thick forest
no something familiar
suburban woods
near to my home

looking for opportunities for discovery,
for moments of wonder
in simple things
out in the woods

curled leaves,
one translucent leaf
from another season,
held by the fern field

sprigs of checkerberries
princess pine, growing,
moss on the lee of the fallen oak
still brilliant green

a chipmunk darting through leaf litter
a dragonfly disturbed
at the edge of the field
close, right nearby

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edited October 29, 2015
A Walk in the Woods – v3

(editing version 2)
Edited April 24, 2013
“A Walk in the Woods – v2”
August 7, 2006 19:38
“A Walk in the Woods”
&
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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