In Merrion’s Wood I love to walk,
Such peaceful thoughts it brings.
Where dappled sunshine filters through,
and nesting birdlife sings.
Such inspiration all around,
with colours changing hue.
Dragonflies like fairies,
dip towards the morning dew.
It’s here imagination soars,
like swallows flying high.
While nature paints her picture,
'gainst a water colour sky.
I step carefully through bluebells.
Drifts of purple, shades of blue.
Pink purslane, and wild pansies.
There’s the gentle primrose too.
Each walk I take inspires me,
she enfolds me in her arms.
Enthralled by all her beauty,
I’m seduced by nature’s charms.
She poses in her glory.
Her accomplishments I see.
It’s as though she’s saying to us,
here’s my palette, please paint me.
I try to breathe in all these colours.
Capture moments in my mind.
I hope that when I’m painting,
that this memory will re-wind.
If my efforts then on canvas,
could be but half as good,
as the splendours that surround me,
on my walk in Merrion’s Wood.
Author notes
This poem paints a landscape.
I am so fortunate to live just a short walk from Merrion's Wood.A very quiet place, where the colours change with the seasons. This beautiful walk gives endless inspiration for both poetry and painting.The picture is one of my paintings with added free-machine embroidery.
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A contest entry
- Calling all Poets for Poetry by Dark Whispers.
375 points, ended March 26, 2007, 19 entries
Bronze trophy winner
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700 points, ended April 10, 2007, 9 entries
Silver trophy winner
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350 points, ended June 3, 2007, 5 entries
Silver trophy winner
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1298 points, ended May 23, 2007, 29 entries
Honorable mention
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - "Gold" this time by Virgoan.
550 points, ended June 6, 2007, 49 entries
Honorable mention
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480 points, ended August 22, 2007, 18 entries
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525 points, ended August 18, 2007, 10 entries
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475 points, ended September 25, 2007, 10 entries
Honorable mention
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850 points, ended May 8, 2008, 30 entries
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Comments
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Lovely imagery! thanks for your entry!
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Love the imagery and rhyme! It flows beautifully, I simply love it! I can just see the forest, excellent!
Great Poem!
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So lovely, and I am green with envy, I can only see it vicariously. Thanks for entering my contest. lol
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Gotta say it man.This is good
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Beautiful imagery! This flows nicely and paints such a lovely picture!
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Very nice. Your style and imagery are stunning and exactly what I wanted to see. Good job
Much Love
Carrie
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great poem, good luck
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such butiy i loved it thank you for the poem
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Very beautiful. Soft and warms the heart and the soul.
My favorite lines:
Each walk I take inspires me,
she enfolds me in her arms.
Enthralled by all her beauty,
I’m seduced by nature’s charms.
Thanks for sharing and I wish you all the best in the contest. Keep writing my friend.
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Each walk I take inspires me,
she enfolds me in her arms.
Enthralled by all her beauty,
I’m seduced by nature’s charms.
so descriptive-I can so relate! nature is the best inspiration (well, besides the Bible, but that's a whole other topic-)
great job! keep it up!
pegleg
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I am starting to become a fan. Nah, I think your work is addictive or should I say obsessive. Very creative. You must have a lot of time on your hands or you have been living for too long, your write is exquisite. Keep up the great work and thank you for sharing
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Thanks for entering!
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hi i thought this was really good i enjoyed reading this and thought it was very well written thanks for entering my contest
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Ah yes, I know a place similar to this... Where things are silent and tranquil for a change and yeah you can actually hear the birds sing (normally round here all you can hear is kids playing in the streets or the seagulls hawking and annoying us to death). I must go visit there, unless it's in America as America is a little far for a daytime trip from Britain
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what an amazing walk you taken me on i used to enjoy a nice peacful walk in the country side thanks for entering
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Thank you for the lovely entry.
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I like how you chose a place so close to you. This is a pretty poem and I particularly liked the way you described it. Good luck in the contest <3
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Well done, well done! NIcely done, I see no conflicts with my rules so that is good! It meansyou can read and follow rules so I appreciate that. This is a good write and really is what I was looking for for my option 2. Good job I like it! Thanks for entering and good luck.
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What a beautiful poem, it gave me an incredible sense of tranquility, I could imagine myself skipping through the woods on this wonderful walk. Fabulous imagery, thank you for the entry in my contest.
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I truely enjoyed this! this was very full and alive wiht imagery, and I could relate easily to this, giving it a bi tmore imagery. well done, for you have truely brought me into your mind- what i have asked of you to do!! the rhyme scheme in this poem was nice because it flowed elegantly and ever so lightly. it danced on hte computer screen as i read it. I could feel teh emotion of you writting thi spiece ebbing through the lines of text. well done! this has got deep into my soul. hte tone of the overall poem was defiantely strong, and easy to pick out.
If my efforts then on canvas,
could be but half as good,
as the splendours that surround me,
on my walk in Merrion’s Wood
this stanza I feel flowed the best of the entire piece. it being the conclusion, I also felt that it concluded teh poem very justly. anything short of this would have crashed down what you bit up. htis part of the poem really leaves readers thinking about what they might have expirienced similar to this- a very nice way to end a poem!!
well done agian and you really are a wonderful poet! keep it flowing and goo dluck int eh contest!! -
Aww..
This is beautiful poem.
I love it =]
Scenes like that take my breath away. You know? When you see something beautiful and all you want to do is write or paint.. That's what this poem makes me think of. And I wish I could put all the beautiful things I see into words like you have in this poem.
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Such a harmonic poem.
It was a pleasure to read. Thank you for sharing.
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i wish i had woods that i could go walk in like this... vary nice poem... good job...and keep up the good work...
Caycee♥
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Vaguely reminds me of that poem "I'll never see a poem as lovely as a tree".
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wow! now i wish to walk there also. so beautiful and deserving of the trophy you have garnered. thank you for sharing this with me. viyanna rosemarie
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I step carefully through bluebells.
Drifts of purple, shades of blue.
Pink purslane, and wild pansies.
There’s the gentle primrose too.
I love this stanza.
This poem is truely beautiful and the place you describe really takes me there as if I'm walking through the woods myself.
The descriptive language of the nature is spot on and all the subtleties about your poem come together to make a very interesting read.
A word to sum up your poem would be sensual and I think this will do well in my contest. Thank you very much for entry, its a beautiful write. Good luck in the contest
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You paint such a pretty picture with your words.
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Sounds like a beautiful place. You almost took me there with your words. Sure could do with some of that beauty you've described here in 'OZ'. Everything is dry, brittle and brown. Well done and good luck in this contest
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