Like beautiful yet unkempt hair, weed flows gracefully at the bottom of the woodland stream, Sticklebacks play tag between the strands, ten or twelve to a team, The weeping willow does anything but, as it sighs without a care, Tousling it’s own green mane, from here to over there, A woodland breeze springs up, Bending the bluebells slightly, emptying a buttercup, Playing the leaves like an infinitely stringed lire, When day turns to dark, we find our way lit by St. Elmo’s fire, While the man in the moon looks down, Smiling without a frown, Reflecting quite happily.
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Posted: Jul 2010
About this poem:
We all need such a place to retreat to on occasion hey?.......Andrew......xxx
i tried to resist ..but i can't...i didn't know weed grew at the bottom of a woodland stream!... nice poem, and yes we should all find that place that gives us good feelings.
andrew149OPSouthbourne, nr.Bournemouth, Dorset, England UKJul 6, 2010
Thankyou Ladybee, and very true too!.........Andrew.....xxx
Hi, andrew149, Although it is wonderful when memories can transport us to Shangri-La, I love your description of the day before the remembering. While still others of us might look for it in the hope of the future, I image it is even better when the present is one's very own, wonderful, Shangri-La.
Andrew: "plays the leaves like an infinitely stringed lire" i can hear it thru muted ears? can we all go lie by the stream and share the poetry? thanks man.
andrew149OPSouthbourne, nr.Bournemouth, Dorset, England UKJul 7, 2010
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nice poem, and yes we should all find that place that gives us good feelings.
Although it is wonderful when memories can transport us to Shangri-La, I love your description of the day before the remembering. While still others of us might look for it in the hope of the future, I image it is even better when the present is one's very own, wonderful, Shangri-La.