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Just In Time To See My Many Fairy Friends Flee

Just In Time To See My Many Fairy Friends Flee I heard the gusto from running river current Walking the big woods, letting my spirit rejoice White splashed foam and roaring a massive torrent Speaking with wood fairies in a mythical voice That language was like mother's sweet applesauce to me They talked on golden rays dancing in moonbeams Fairy-dust ships sailing upon all seven sea And the mellow echoes found in deep fairy dreams We spoke of the raging beast that roams after midnight How it slays all woodland creatures it can capture Talk about its bloody claws and hideous sight They asked me why such, we mortals enraptures! Then I woke, I had slept under an old oak tree. Just in time to see my many fairy friends flee! Robert J. Lindley, Sonnet, Jan. 21st 1973 edited -DEC 9TH, 1973

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Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 6/29/2023 1:29:00 PM

-I love the adventures of the forest by day, Robert ... but the night is scary ... (so my mother told me:) - A wonderful poem that was dreamed under an oak tree :) - hugs

Robert Lindley
Date: 6/29/2023 1:39:00 PM

Thank you, my friend. Yes, strange creatures lurk around in the deep dark forest late at night. A few of them have huge fangs and bloody claws! One has to be very fast to outrun them. However the fairies are all so very nice... God bless..