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Elizabeth Santos
Member Rara Avis

since 1999-11-08

Posts 9269
Pennsylvania

0 posted 2001-03-15 07:57 AM

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

Sunshine

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

1 posted 2001-03-15 08:37 AM

Everyone needs a walk like this....excellent, Lady Santos...

Irish Rose
Member Patricius

since 2000-04-06

Posts 10263

2 posted 2001-03-15 10:10 AM

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).]

ethome
Member Patricius

since 2000-05-14

Posts 11858
New Brunswick Canada

3 posted 2001-03-15 10:22 AM

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.

Trillium

Member Patricius

since 2001-03-09

Posts 12098
Idaho, USA

4 posted 2001-03-16 02:06 AM

What would we do without nature to turn to at times? It certainly is therapeutic and your poem is beautiful.

Betty Lou Hebert

Mysteria

Member Laureate

since 2001-03-07

Posts 18328
British Columbia, Canada

5 posted 2001-03-16 04:22 AM

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.

suthern

Member Seraphic

since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

6 posted 2001-03-16 02:21 PM

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!

Denise

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Member Seraphic

since 1999-08-22

Posts 22648

7 posted 2001-03-16 10:25 PM

This is so lovely, Elizabeth! Beautifully done! Just reading it filled me with peace!

Katherine Chandler
Member

since 2001-03-07

Posts 280
Florida, USA

8 posted 2001-03-17 12:10 PM

"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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