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Elizabeth Santos Member Rara Avis
since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269Pennsylvania 
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My Haven When trees are abundant with summertime green The woods are so lovely, so cool and serene It’s here that I come when I’m heavy of heart To breath in the freshness that nature imparts Along verdant bank of a babbling stream Was born my most splendid, impossible dream In my sorrow the breezes embrace me with care As I sit all alone, without loneliness there The woods give me comfort with never a word Just the rustling of leaves and the warbling of bird My burdens seem lessened, my pain left behind For the woods bring sweet peace to the heart and the mind A path through the greenery beckons a stroll A walk through the woods is like bathing the soul Elizabeth Santos |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Everyone needs a walk like this....excellent, Lady Santos... |
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Irish Rose Member Patricius
since 2000-04-06
Posts 10263 |
Thank you, Elizabeth, for this one. I feel a certain hope this spring mixed in with sadness. Kathleen Blake "When red-haired girls scamper like roses over the rain-green grass, and the sun drips honey." Laurie Lee [This message has been edited by Kathleen (edited 03-15-2001).] |
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ethome Member Patricius
since 2000-05-14
Posts 11858New Brunswick Canada |
Oh yeah I know all about it...A walk through the woods is like bathing the soul.... this is a wonderful poem of self comfort which we all have to administer to ourselves once in a while.........just outstanding feeling in this.... Yet another one from your pen! The poet is like a cocoon; in him the caterpillar of the past finds rest, and from him the butterfly of the future emerges. |
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Trillium 
since 2001-03-09
Posts 12098Idaho, USA |
What would we do without nature to turn to at times? It certainly is therapeutic and your poem is beautiful. Betty Lou Hebert |
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Mysteria
since 2001-03-07
Posts 18328British Columbia, Canada |
That was just so serene and beautiful, and the last line, "a walk through the woods is like bathing the soul" spoke volumes. Absolutely beautiful. |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
Bathing the soul... what a beautiful image. *S* And what a wonderful poem you've given us... I love it when I can read a poem and completely forget I'm sitting in a tiny cubicle. *S* Thanks for the walk! |
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Denise
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
This is so lovely, Elizabeth! Beautifully done! Just reading it filled me with peace! |
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Katherine Chandler Member
since 2001-03-07
Posts 280Florida, USA |
"A walk through the woods is like bathing the soul." Oh my the peace and smiles this line brought to me this evening and I needed to hear these words so tonight. I thank you so for this outstanding poem. Kate Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood. T S Eliot |
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