Out in the woods – v5

A space in the dark untrammeled woods

Off the path untraveled, forgotten,

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

near the lost stone wall, a rusted wagon wheel

and a forgotten bale of barbed wire.

Nestled, planted, by the lean-to I built

To get away for awhile

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 October 29, 2015

Out in the Woods – v5

(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

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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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