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The Wee Folk of Bensham Bog

I was once told a story, of the wee folk of Bensham Bog; they live in carved mushroom houses that are shaped like bullfrogs and they ensure the survival of creatures there. They travel in petrified skins of bananas and are rarely ever seen yet, they mix all of the peat moss and propagate trees. Coniferous trees like pine and spruce, larch and fir; trees that produce oxygen; negative ions for the air. Be thankful, these fey exist; if you see one at night; you’ll know because, they glow with blue light. in the bog trees thriving- faeries labor Wetlands help to keep a balance within our environment; their preservation is vital, this everyone should know. They provide iron deposits, lovely, translucent obsidian stone from which, early man, made himself tools. Flora, like water lily’s grow in bogs and thriving there, leatherback turtles, an endangered species. a leatherback turtle swims- crickets chirping

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Date: 11/1/2023 6:35:00 PM
"They travel in petrified skins of bananas..." Wow, what a fantastic line! I would love to meet one of the wee folk you write about. From now I will look for little blue lights on my walks. How lucky the earth is to have these folks laboring love twinkling here and there. Such a pretty and important poem that was so nice to read
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