Robert Lindley Poet Sonnet

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 June 29, 2023 at 1:29 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 June 29, 2023 at 1:39 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..