Tuesday, May 25, 2021

house of green

 

i dance to your sun-

light of green & shamrock


a speckle of butterfly wings

a rustle from birds & chipmunks 


wildflowers of pale pink & blue

forget-me-nots swish to breeze


above, the maple and oak trees

tower & stretch their young limbs


the forest is tended by sky, clouds,

wind & rich soil teeming by small creatures


busy bees are hard at work

here is soft bed of fern & moss 


here is beating pulse of red 

berries, here is musk from damp soil


it is a full house

there is no place like home*


*"There's no place like home"  - Wizard of Oz, 1939 

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Posted for dVerse poets Pub - hosted by Mish. I chose this line from the list of movie quotes.   For the long weekend, we went hiking and breathing in nature.  Have a good week.

27 comments:

  1. This is gorgeously worded, Grace! I especially love "wildflowers of pale pink & blue forget-me-nots swish to breeze above." It's so calming to be amidst nature 💝💝

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  2. I agree that there’s no place like home, especially where one can dance to green sunlight beneath maple and oak trees. I love the sudden vivid ‘beating pulse of red berries’.

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  3. I love how you used the quote as a conclusion... it sounds like an amazing place... and I feel more and more that home is just like that.

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  4. This sounds truly wonderful: there is no place like home, which is of course where the heart is. And your heart, like mine, finds a home in nature!

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  5. What a beautiful scene you paint for us with your words. This absolutely reminds me of a place for "forest bathing" - that wonderful Japanese tradition that so rightly says the forest is a soothing place.

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  6. You've taken us for a delightful visit of home. Beautiful

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  7. Oh I like the way you brought the aspect of "home" in at the end. Nature is so nurturing and a beautiful, soft place to land.

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  8. i grew up playing in a pine forest this took me there thank you

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  9. I like the refrain, "Here is..."

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  10. Our home <3 It's such a lovely home we have.

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  11. Yes; Wonderfully realized home in which I'd love to live & would definitely be at home.
    (Friendly proofreader query: In Stanza 2: "butterly" or "butterfly"?)

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    1. Butterfly....thank you. My fingers were butter flying, smiles.

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  12. Love this poem especially the lines: here is beating pulse of red / berries, here is musk from damp soil <3

    Sunra Rainz

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  13. "there is no place like home

    Love the close with this ever endearing expression. Beautiful word craft Grace!

    Hank

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  14. It is a gorgeous home and your words remind me of all the diverse beauty! 😍

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  15. i heard. i smelled. i saw. your descriptions are alive, Grace.

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  16. What a lovely place to call home! Delicate word choice. It floats.

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  17. This resonates with the joy I get from being in nature. I especially like these lines,

    "the forest is tended by sky, clouds,

    wind & rich soil teeming by small creatures


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  18. The home you describe sounds delightful.

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  19. A wonderful poem that feels like the house of Spring! Well done!

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  20. This is lovely poetry, Grace.

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  21. You are most comfortable in your house of nature I can tell. This was lovely Grace ☺️

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  22. Love all the imagery, sounds like a soul cleansing place to be. Well captured Grace.

    Pat

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