A WALK IN THE WOODS (Poem #134)



Keep it up, you're doing great, huffing and puffing along.
 Your aim is to be healthy, svelte and strong.

I see a rabbit; I see a squirrel, oh what a treat.
 A ladybug walks on a bush with its tiny little feet.

 Oh look, a deer flashes his white tail, as he goes on his way.
 I'd be very lucky if I saw a bear, if he was only out to play.

 I get so excited when I see an Eagle fly overhead.
 A hawk or a vulture will keep away the dead.

 A walk in the woods is not only good health for me
 It is also an education of what was and is and will be.

(c) Copyright by Jean E. Gorney
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Submitted on October 29, 2016

Modified on March 25, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AA BB CC DD EE E
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 567
Words 124
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1

Jean Gorney

I wrote a poem for my daughter and new son-in-law and read it at their wedding reception in 1997. People have been encouraging me ever since. I try to write up-beat and happy poetry. My poetry has been in many anthologies, newspapers, church bulletins,etc. I won a small contest once. I self-published some small(4x5)books with about 16 poems in each that can be used as greeting cards. I include an envelope for mailing. Check them out on my FB page under Jean Magill Gorney. more…

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