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August 18, 2014

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Adventure: A Sunlit Path

Sunlit Path

The way was crisscrossed with roots and rocky.
Bellissa, the wood nymph, carefully tread
The sunlit path of shadow and dappled light.

Her ears were full of the music playing:
The symphony of green rustling leaves and
The decrescendo of the cicadas.

A crescendo of a dog’s barking by the shore
Caught her attention, and she hid in the silver birch.
The excited pup romped, shaking off an avalanche of drips.

She climbed toward a peak, leaving the shore behind,
The wind grew stiffer and the trees bent.
Ahead lay possibility, wonder and magic.

Always moving toward the next place,
Where imagination filled in the wood with secrets,
Caves, trolls, dragons, gnomes, friends and foe.

Copyright 2014 Brenda Davis Harsham

28 thoughts on “Adventure: A Sunlit Path”

  6. Brenda, I would just love to visit these places you find, they are so amazing, I am also starting to get it sometimes. Not being an expert on or about poetry, each time you post I read, some I get immediately others maybe not so quick, and yes some I don’t get at all, but that’s on me. I appreciate the lessons and the opportunity to learn. Take care, Bill

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    • I always think of poetry like a tapestry, you can’t take it in all at once. If you’re too close, you only see the stitches, if you’re too far away, you miss the detail. You only need to take away what you like. 🙂 You always make me smile. Regards, Brenda

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