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1/4/2026 for 2026-01-01 Write a Beautiful Verse Poem Poetry Contest sponsored by Constance La France

Nature Provides Needed Respite

Escaping pain and turmoil from the world of men, 
I walked away and disappeared
into a forest by a gurgling spring,
and there, I found the many shades of green 
calmed me and soothed my wounded soul.
Where shafts of sunlight found the glittering water, 
and beauty was a kind of psychic balm, 
I wondered how this place could be so quiet,
when so much, in fact, was going on. 
A breeze song whistled, causing reeds to sway, 
as rock and stream danced a happy jig,
and, within, inch long minnows swam.
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