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You've Made Me a Forest ~ Poetry Thursday

November 16, 2006

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Pohick Forest ~ Canon 30d

You've made me a forest
with only one tree
laden with fragrances
musky and green

You've made me a forest
with outstretching branches
quivering leaves caught in
shimmering dances

You've made me a forest
with feathered hearts beating
song bird's throat calling
sap's upward releasing

You've made me a forest
with paths softly curving
down toward the river's
wet current of yearning

You've made me a forest
Where moths flutter in trances
beneath starlit skies
into dark midnight vastness

You've made me a forest
your breath fills my earth
inhaling your wind
exhaling sweet birth

You've made me a forest
where tumbling leaves die
the sweetest of deaths
as they fall from the sky

Come into my forest
come into the deep
We'll make this our forest
Come falling, come sweet

~ SJP

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Posted by susan at November 16, 2006 12:01 AM

Comments

A lovely poem, Susan, and very sentimental. The photo shot is outstanding. Beautiful work.

Posted by: janet at November 15, 2006 05:27 PM

Susan, stunning photo and wonderfully rich poem!! Great work!!

Posted by: jzrart at November 15, 2006 06:58 PM

Oh, nicely done, Susan!

Posted by: dan at November 15, 2006 07:24 PM

A lovely poem, the repetition of "you've made me a forest" is very effective

Posted by: Catherine at November 15, 2006 08:04 PM

The lyricism here is just lovely: simple, understated. Yes.

Posted by: Jim at November 15, 2006 11:13 PM

Methinks this might be about sex.

Great images here. I especially like, Where moths flutter in trances.

So it is about sex, right? At least kinda?

Posted by: Dana at November 15, 2006 11:29 PM

Beautiful picture, wonderful words..glad I stopprd by..thanks..m

Posted by: madd at November 15, 2006 11:49 PM

Dana,

Yes, completely... but let's keep that a secret. I've a reputation to protect here ya know. ;)

Posted by: susan at November 15, 2006 11:57 PM

Just simply beautiful Susan... thanks for sharing your creation.

Posted by: samtzmom at November 16, 2006 06:31 AM

beautiful...

Posted by: Gabrielle at November 16, 2006 07:01 AM

Crafty Green Poet thinks this is a poem about trees, but her Alter Ego agrees with Dana and thinks it is really about something else....

I love the rhythm in this piece and the first stanza particularly. Not to mention the stunning photo....

Posted by: Crafty Green Poet at November 16, 2006 10:50 AM

Craft Green,

Actually, a few people have thought initially this poem is about god. It can be whatever you want it to be about, as I intended it to be interpreted whichever way the reader chooses. Connecting initimately with someone you love is a bit like finding god, isn't it?

thanks for the compliment!

S

Posted by: Anonymous at November 16, 2006 11:13 AM

gorgeous photos throughout your blog

Posted by: as at November 16, 2006 11:23 AM

That picture makes me feel so small - the way you feel as a child when you look up at a tall tree. I love that. The poem is just as lovely - I really like this line: "Where moths flutter in trances". Hypnotic.

Posted by: TwilightSpider at November 16, 2006 11:51 AM

This stanza is just beautiful -
You've made me a forest
your breath fills my earth
inhaling your wind
exhaling sweet birth

I just love that.
Dana - can I have a sip of whatever you're drinking?
Dennis

Posted by: Dennis at November 16, 2006 05:22 PM

i loved that right away i could smell green when reading this poem. smelling color - that is something that makes me happy.
and your photograph - gorgeous. my husband always talks about the dappling light in forests like this...
beautiful poem.

Posted by: liz elayne at November 16, 2006 08:10 PM

I thought it could be about God, too, until the end. I liked the rhythm of it. The photo reminds me of being a child and looking way up into the trees!

Posted by: R's Musings at November 16, 2006 10:49 PM

and us inhaling your wonderful photo and beautiful poetry!
Kim

Posted by: kimc at November 17, 2006 12:27 AM

Beautiful imagery here...and a great shot
glad i stopped by :)

Posted by: Dina José at November 18, 2006 07:59 AM

your words aer wonderful! i'll take you up on your invitation...

Posted by: la vie en rose at November 19, 2006 08:53 PM