In the Ever Green Forest

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enchanted by life
reaching the deepest tree roots
pale dreamy waters

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light falls in dapples
a carpet of moss and leaves
ghosts of eons past

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a graceful homage
awed by dense brush and deep shade
penning fine spare lines

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© 2013, poem, Jamie Dedes, All rights reserved, Licensing for online publications is nonnegotiable and requires permission, attribution, link to this site, my copyright, no modification, noncommercial only. Licensing for online publication does not imply agreement for further use in the site’s printed anthologies or collections.
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Bear Hugs Made a Difference

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file0001750992119 i lived in the slight periphery of your sight
pinning my exhausted body on paced sounds,
your footsteps walking the path to the house,
the way you boomed a joyful Hello and then

walked through the door, home from work,
your lively energy and your big bear hugs
made a difference through those hard times,
swaddling hope in the will to live another day

© 2013, poem, Jamie Dedes, All right reserved, Licensing for online publications is nonnegotiable and requires permission, attribution, link to this site, my copyright, no modification, noncommercial only. Licensing for online publication does not imply agreement for further use in the site’s printed anthologies or collections.
photo courtesy of morgueFile