Stopping by With Liz on an Oak Spring Day

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Stopping by With Liz on an Oak Spring Day

Nan

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since 1999-05-20

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Cape Cod Massachusetts USA

0 posted 2004-05-02 04:59 PM

My days of yore hath beckoned me
To trek the springtide presently;
Where secrets of the grandest oak
Dwell in my heart eternally.

Long since the day when I awoke
To greet this wooded verdant cloak.
Yet nestling weald embracing now,
Recalls those fledgling times we spoke.

Footmarks of time have trod my brow
And fortnight’s rings mark woodland bough.
Yet springtime blooms just as before,
Rejuvenating youth’s avow.

The tallest oak’s prophetic lore
Wends paths that leave the forest floor.
Beyond the meadow seasons more.
Beyond the meadow seasons more.

Denise

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1 posted 2004-05-02 07:31 PM

Beautifully done, Nan! You've captured the essence of the day perfectly!

Dr.Moose1
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since 1999-09-05

Posts 3448
Bewilderment , USA

2 posted 2004-05-02 09:16 PM

Nan,
As said, may it so be. Simply beautiful.
Doc

Not A Poet
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since 1999-11-03

Posts 3885
Oklahoma, USA

3 posted 2004-05-03 09:48 AM

Like Doc said, beautiful. And the picture added so much to the words. No, I take that back. The words added so much to the picture

Elizabeth Santos
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since 1999-11-08

Posts 9269
Pennsylvania

4 posted 2004-05-03 12:05 PM

Nan,

THank you again for this beautiful poem about the house of my childhood, and thank you for sharing those memories with me. It meant so much for my freinds to see in person the little house by the spring-fed stream that is the subject of so much of my poetry. You have captured the sentiments I felt as I walked around this little Eden of my youth.

What a lovely keepsake to be shared with my family. I will cherish it always.
And you did it all in the rhythms of Frost Another gem to be added to the magnificent poetry rendered from this challenge.

LOvin' hugs
Liz

Endlessecho
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since 2003-09-05

Posts 398
I live within myself

5 posted 2004-05-04 04:16 PM

Ahh.. memories!

Beautiful poem. :-) makes me feel like reminiscing (i can't spell). And a little melancholy. I enjoyed the read.

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