Light moves and
shadows turn cartwheels
in a dappled glade.
A shadow might be
anything,
squirrel, gopher,
dog, deer or sprite.
Or the absence of
someone dear.
A dappled glade
can contain
anything at all,
or everything.
Copyright 2015 Brenda Davis Harsham
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I love the mystery to this Brenda, makes me think of my childhood and being amongst the trees and nature. I had a pretty large imagination,often wondered if I was not as alone as it appeared. 😉 This lovely poem sends me right back to those days. Thanks so much for reminding me! 🙂
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Thanks, Suzy. I’m so glad you resonated with it. 🙂
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“a dappled glade” – one of the loveliest things I ve read this season!
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What a lovely thing to say, thanks! I love your birds, and I;m glad you fell in love with flamingoes. I saw herds of them in Bonaire years ago, and they were glistening with sunset colors and silent. Hundreds of them. Occasionally one would be white, and you’d know it just didn’t care for shrimp. 🙂
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D’aww so beautiful it is to hear that ❤
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I don’t like shrimp either. 🙂
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I am vegan so I like to look at them under the ocean or in cartoons. Not on my plate either 🙂
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Vegan! Wow! Good for you. I have so many food allergies I wouldn’t be able to eat much if I went vegan, but it seems like the right choice, nonetheless.
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This is wonderful.
It reminds AnElephant that he always sees friendly dragons and secretive squirrels in dappled glades.
Thank you.
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One is never too lonely with imagination. 🙂
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Just what I was needing now, Brenda… 🙂
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Thanks! Love your site! I am a lazy penguin. LOL
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Oo I like the peacefulness and tranquility of the place, must be so refreshing to wander through it and a mind cleanser too ! 🙂
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Yes, it was a beautiful place. And grueling, too, all up or down hill. It was cleansing to work so hard to see beauty.
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The way the sun plays in the woods does create all sorts if magical images. The shadow of someone special made this unique and personal, Brenda.
So happy to hear you are on a forest vacation. Hope your family has a beautiful time!
On Friday 7/31, my Dad,would have been 84. So, my brother Rich was with his wife at Bethany Beach looking up for the international space station. I took Micah and Skyler to look at the night sky, too. Funny, 2 different Delaware locations. He got photos but we missed it. I had boys talk to their Great Grammie O.
Either water or night skies remind us of him. Now wondering if your Mom held your hand in the woods or if you skipped ahead? ♡♡
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We are having a great vacation! Hope your summer is a delight and work is going well. XOXO
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Your descriptions are excellent….the picture peaceful…Just what the doctor would have ordered! 🙂
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I’m going to visit a new gorge tomorrow. Fingers crossed it’s as inspiring. I have to store up all these beautiful images to get me through the winter.
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You’ll get more than just you through…if you share a few!!!! 🙂
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Hope it doesn’t pour buckets. 🙂
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I did…but not on us, this time!
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Reblogged this on By the Mighty Mumford and commented:
AHHHHH…PEACE! AND TRANQUILITY! AND GOOD PICTURES—GOOD WHOLESOME POETRY!!!! I NEED THIS!!!!! THANK YOU, BRENDA!
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My pleasure, Jonathan! Getting a lot of dappled glades in VT for the next few days.
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well…thank you again…I NEEDED A DAPPLED GLADE then! 😀
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Don’t we all?!
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Oh this poem is so much YES
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Thanks! I appreciate your enthusiasm. 🙂
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It was a great read:)
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Aw, thank you!
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There is no limit to what is there…powerful words…just like the essence of the forest! Nature is a wonderful guru! 🙂
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Yes, it reveals and conceals, just as we need it to.
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Exactly, my friend…it all depends on where we are on our journey of awareness.
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Hmm, I wonder where I am in my journey of awareness. The beauty is, you never know. So why worry? 🙂
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Indeed Brenda! Just accept all this wonderful manifested beauty that we have been given and accept whatever comes along…no good, no bad, just IS…oh, as an aside, I have posted a pic of those copper tape collars I put around my runner bean plants in amongst my last blog…seem to remember that I had promised you a picture…not that they work 100%… Maybe a deterrent ! Sorry Brenda if I have mixed you up with someone else. Take care, have a good day! 🙂
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You’re remembering right, that was me. I’ll come look. Thanks for remembering. 🙂
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enchanting!
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Thanks!
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🙂
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dappled shade…I can feel the coolness of the trees energy
Beautiful Brenda…..
Take Care…You Matter…
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maryrose
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It’s lovely here now. Thanks for stopping by — love to read your words. Peace and Joy, Brenda
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You’re Welcome,
I imaged shade here in Texas as I read 🙂
it was 103F today …a long hot week ahead of us
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Nothing better than shade on a day like that. Except maybe air conditioning. 😉
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its definitely air conditioning 🙂
I know longer say its hot, I say “it”s August” seems to help a bit 🙂
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I suffer extreme heat the same way I suffer extreme cold — with ill temper. LOL
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now that fit today 🙂 it is 102F right now, and I have lots I need to be doing outside
stay cool! 🙂
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Will do! That is one thing VT always delivers on.
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Beautifully written, Brenda. 🙂
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Thanks! Loved your “perfumed breath” of dawn.
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Good grief…beautiful dapples, I mean.
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LOL I understood. All this autocorrect makes us forget that the human brain is the best at sorting out what was meant. 🙂
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Beautifully dapples. 🙂
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I’m vacationing in the mountains. The forests are glorious.
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Shadows turn cartwheels!!i love your poetry. I’ve missed visiting.
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Thanks! I see you are writing with your soul on your site.
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I am writing less I think but my muse does have company these days. I always wonder if writing helps the soul come out or if it is simply experiences.
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I think writing helps the soul focus and articulate.
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I think you’re right, Brenda. Reading opens the mind but writing opens the heart.
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Yes, and your feelings can communicate with words instead of inarticulate longings.
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I love this Brenda…Loved ones in the forest, a shadow of them, still there…can contain anyhing or everything. Beautiful.
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Thanks, Gigi. I do feel as though walking in nature brings everything back. And also clears the mind at the same time. It’s powerful to get outside your own life.
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This is beautiful
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Thanks! Your site is moving and beautiful, too.
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Aw thank you Brenda. You are so kind
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Excellent translation of the language of the forest! Bravo, Brenda! You and your family have a refreshing week ahead! 🙂
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Thanks, Fabio!
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the absence of someone dear. yes, the shadow, just a glimpse.
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😀 I can always count on you to “get” me. XOXO
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