The morning came quietly, its warm bright light so warm and beautiful
I wake, look out the window, on my face the cool morning air feels so wonderful
As I look across the yard the dew sparkles like the stars at night
Reflecting the sun's like giving light
I hear a noise, I look around only to see
Five deer running, only the white of their tails facing toward me
I rub my eyes as I walk out into the kitchen
Mom turns, smiles at me, says sit down breakfast is about to begin
Hot oatmeal, toast, scrambled eggs, everything is yummy to me
I gobble everything down, can't wait to go outside, the woods I want to see
As I step from the table mom hands me my lunch, two sandwiches, an apple for later in the day
I am singing as I walk out the door, I'm on my way
Across the yard, up the hill among the trees
I say to myself, theres no place I'd rather be
My friend, a young bunny runs from beneath my feet
He doesn't run far, he knows me for every morning we meet
Farther up the hill, deeper in the woods I see
Robins, blue jays, cardinals, bluebirds
Their songs they sing each different yet the most beautiful I have ever heard
There, a porcupine, him I seldom see
I keep a safe distance between him and me
I jump in my shoes, I flushed out a grouse
Their wings beating loudly even though I had been quiet as a mouse
I get up the hill, I love to look on the valley far below
I see the cars on the road, there three miles away as flys the crow
I see the school I went to through the six grade
I sat down, my back against a tree, I dose in its cool shade
I am startled awake, there ten feet from me a doe and her fawn
I sat up stretched, stifled a big yawn
The mother deer sees me, her and her baby trot away
Not really scared just a little wary
I get up, walk farther into the woods, playing along the way
I am heading for that spring, anticipation of cold water running over my dangling feet
I see the spring and the ravine the water has made hoping that flying squirrel I will meet
Around the spring is a large group of pines
I feel the cones crunch under my feet, as through their branches the suns speckeled rays shine
I look at the ground, I see bear droppings, I look around
Them I do not want to meet so I don't make any sounds
The water is cold but in the little stream I see
Little tadpoles, minnows, they are curious to me
I am amazed as I watch them darting here and there
I am sure they think me strange as I sit and stare
I look up, the sun is getting low
There are long shadows in the valley below
I start out through the woods, back down the hill
Suddenly I realize I am not alone, I see a fox a few feet away, oh what a thrill
He is so beautiful with his bright red coat
I am all smiles as I stop to gloat
Today has been a little different from the rest
For now I look up and see an eagle sitting beside its nest
They are not common here so I stop, watch, I am very lucky this day
A picture of him sitting there will in my memory forever stay
I walk on, the darkness is setting in
The night animals and sounds are about to begin
I come out of the woods, start across the yard, I see mom standing outside waiting for me
I get to her, she scolds me, I scared her you see
I then tell her of my day, the animals I saw as I walked around
She then smiles, looks at me and says, today God's beauty you have found
Author notes
I know this is a very long poem, I went into a little more detail of another day of my trips into the woods. Sonja, this memory of mine is for you and if I may I would like to share this with another very dear friend of mine, Sapphire. Both of you have such a beautiful way of seeing natures beauty around you. I pray that this journey down memory lane will bring to both of you a little peace and joy.
Written July 17th, 2006
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I thought you might like a journey out in a place which was so dear to me, it was so stress free and carefree in those woods, and the animals that I talk about I really did see almost everyday. At the top of the hill I would sit down and relax for I could really see about four miles away. I am so glad that you liked it.
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Kevin, thanks so much for sending me the link to this... you were right... I enjoyed this very much... I just love being out in nature... I find it so peaceful and serene... just like your words in this lovely piece!
God bless you! ~Melissa -
Hello, thanks for stopping by to read this, since both Sonja and Sapphire share with me a wonderful sense of the beauty of nature I thought it only fitting to share yet another of my days spent in the woods during my summer vacation from shcool those many years ago.
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Thanks so very much for taking the time to read my friend, both Sonja and Sapphire share with me a true love for the things that we see around us everyday, we have often talked of our experiences in the outdoors so I felt the best way to say how much I truly appreciate them as my friends was to share yet another day of my youth with them.
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Thank you from the bottom of my heart for stopping by to read yet another day of my youth, I did do this almost every day during my vacation from school during the summer. You are sincerely welcome for I truly enjoy your poetry very much.
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To bring to you a little joy and relaxation makes my day very happy and good. You and I share a sense of the beauty we see around us everyday and to be able to write of my experiences and to have someone actually care and know how I felt on these days means the world to me. My other dear friend Sonja is so much like us, she always writes of the beauty around her in her native Croatia, she writes from her heart and has so many beautiful and touching poems, you must really go to her page and read some, you will come away feeling so much better for having stopped by.
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My dear friend
Both of these ladies are wonderful friends who share with me the love of nature and the world around us, I only felt it fitting to share with them and all of you yet another day of my youth. These memories of mine are very special to me and have been brought out of the back of my mind by the wonderful sharing of people like Sonja, Sapphire, you and all of my other friends here.
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Thank you from the bottom of my heart for your lovely words, my two dear friends and I truly love the outdoors and nature, I only felt they would truly enjoy yet another of my days spent outside in the woods during my summer vacation from school when I was young.
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Dear Lori
We three have in common these thoughts of nature and the world around us, I felt is fitting to send to them my two dear friends yet another of my days during my summer vacation from school when I was little. I am deeply touched by your wonderful comment, those days were very special to me.
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Awe-Inspiring
This is a lovely and serene portrait you've painted here my friend. Full of the simple beauty of nature. Stunning descriptions of the truly wonderful things some never see, and some may see but never really notice. Awe-inspiring. A fabulous tribute to your two lady friends. Magnificent job on this piece!!
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Outstanding
I like all your nature imagery in this. I think this poem has a lot of charm and I like all the description and the detail so that you feel as if you are there. You are achieving a real sense of freedom in your poetry. This is a wonderful poem -
Dear Kevin,
what a lovely tribute to two special ladies here in AP..your words are always so caring and loving..your love for nature always show in you writings about love, society or even memories like this one..great job..
ps:sorry I haven't been reading much lately..
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Kevin, my dear, sweet, wonderful friend.
You have done it again with your wonderful writing and those magical memories
Every word of this poem reminded me so much of my own childhood in so many ways. Although I was not surrounded by forest animals I was surrounded by farm animals and other native animals. We would get large mobs of kangaroos coming through the property in the early mornings and at sunset. Your trip to the stream much reminded me of a natural spring we would go to as children. There was a rock pool there we would swim in.
You should consider writing these poems into longer stories and publishing them as a childrens books. A lot of children would be fascinated to hear about all the wonders of nature that many do not even get the chance to see.
Your poem has made me smile today, something that I haven't had much opportunity to do lately.
Thank you for sharing yet another of your beautiful and special memories with us
Sapphire
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Wonderful
Oh wow, that you for taking us on your amazing journey through your day! Wonderful poem, written so well. Your descriptions were so amazing that I was right there seeing it all with you. Thank you for sharing. Thanks as well for taking the time to read and comment and clap my work. I really appreciate it. Jeannie D Hunter
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Hi, a wonderful story for two wonderful people, I enjoyed that walk with you , good visuals and yes there is nothing more beautiful than nature,man could learn a lot from her if only he would take the time, you have my applause, hugs Di
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very serene poem, calm and relaxing to read, memories are worth treasuring as it is the most important part of knowing your inner most feelings, thank you for sharing and good luck..
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What a happy day indeed. Nothing better than memeories of the past shared with the love sourronding you in nature.
Wonderful trip we took today.
Thank you for sharing.
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Thanks so very much Sandy, Sonja and Sapphire have always inspired me in letting these memories of mine come out in a poem, it is only fitting that they be given another true day in my youth.
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Most wonderfully and so very sweetly written, sweetie
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Thank you so much for these are true memories that have only come back to me because of the two very dear friends mentioned here and all of my other friends who have given me their total support always. You kind and thoughtful words mean so much to me.
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This is so awesome.
I love the feeling and imagery that you wrote about here.
It is such a privelege to see all of nature at its best.
Especially all of the animals that you mentioned and described here. A truly beautiful and story that was well worth the read.
Thank you for sharing this with me!
I look forward to reading more from you here in the future!
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I am deeply touched by your kind words, these are very dear and sweet memories, ones that I am so very lucky to have been able to live.
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I am truly deeply touched by your kind and thoughtful words my friend, these are true memories and I feel so blessed to have done this back in my youth.
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Oh how I would have loved to have been there with you! But I felt as I was! Sounds like those woods, are like the ones right here in my yard! This is really good! What a lovely trip down memory lane! If I had any applause left you would surely get one on this piece! Thanks for sharing.
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You have no idea just how much your kind and thoughtful mean to me my friend, all of these stories are true, memories of my days when I would spend all day in the woods during the summer, my mom honestly would say these things to me, I was truly blessed during these years.
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Kevin this is a very good story you had penned here my friend, I am amazed at the stories you write in here, I never get bored reading your work your a great writer my friend you get my applause along with my standing ovation
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Yes dear friend, I spent almost everyday during school summer break in those woods, the animals got to know me and would not run from me, I could not pet them but they would not run either, I could almost walk among them, the deer, rabbits, chipmunks, squirrels, birds, and so much more. I apprciate your sweet words so very much.
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Beautiful
What a beautiful day, spent with all the animals and birds. Wouldn't it be nice to have a perch up in the tree and be able to see a lot more of the woods and it's creatures. -
My day has been made to see you happy, I could always feel that you were able to not only understand my inner most feelings of these days gone by but you could see that my heart will always remember these days with love and beauty. You should take the time to read Sapphires poems for she feels and thinks so much like you and me, in our conversations we have talked so much of our younger days out playing in nature, her in her native Austraila and me in my home in Pennsylvania, we have shared so much of those days so different yet in many ways the same. I actually wrote this at the laundry mat yesterday and finished it up while sitting outside at a small park in town we call the gazeebo, while there I saw many different birds, so these memories came back so easily to me.
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This is much more than beatifull Kevin, full of great nature pictures that takes my breath away. Thank you my dear friend. This poem reminds me on amazing cartoon Bambi, but with a great different. There people were not positive but you with your presence in their lifes was able to show that love and comunication between man and animal could exist. Thanks once again for evening tears because of your potic beauty. I will put this poem between my featured.
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My dear sweet friend, I truly thank you from the bottom of my heart, last week I said to both Sonja and Sapphire that I would write something for them, they seem so much like me when it comes to seeing the beauty of nature around us that I wanted to bring to them and all of you yet another day back when I was just a little boy.
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wow...this is very wonderful dear Kevin. It's always a pleasure to read about your past memories.
Wish you the best.
Shahrzad
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