My Forest | Teen Ink
  1. Home
  2. Poetry
  3. Free Verse
  4. My Forest

My Forest

March 14, 2010
By celloizmylife PLATINUM, Atlanta, Georgia
More by this author
celloizmylife PLATINUM, Atlanta, Georgia
27 articles 0 photos 72 comments

Favorite Quote:
Around here, however, we don&#039;t look backwards for very long.<br /> We keep moving forward, opening up new doors and doing new things, because we&#039;re curious.....And curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.<br /> -Walt Disney

View profile

I know every hill
Every rock, every thorn
Every step to avoid
So as not to trip

I know when each tree will bloom
I know none by name
I’ve memorized birdcalls
I converse, though them I do not see

When rumbling rolls of thunder
And whistling winds come through
I know which trees will waver
I know which leaves will fall

I have been here so little
Yet I’ve been here so long
I’ve swerved around each trunk
And I’ve ducked under each bough

© Anna R, Sudbury, ON, Canada

The author's comments:
This is about my close love and understanding of my backyard woods. I've only lived here for 6 years, yet I know my yard by heart. This is my home. These are my memories. This is my forest.
Post a comment
Submit your own

Similar Articles

Previous Next
Poetry
Brother
By Anonymous
Poetry
The Top
By imperfection GOLD
Gilroy, California
imperfection GOLD, Gilroy, California
17 articles 9 photos 45 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Dream as though you&#039;ll live forever, live as though you&#039;ll die today.&quot;<br /> ~James Dean (1931-1955), American Motion Picture Actor, symbol of rebellion

View profile
Poetry
My New Beginning
By delaney95 GOLD
St. Charles, Missouri
delaney95 GOLD, St. Charles, Missouri
11 articles 5 photos 5 comments
View profile
Poetry
Remembrance
By Rachel Bellah BRONZE
Seattle, Washington
Rachel Bellah BRONZE, Seattle, Washington
4 articles 0 photos 1 comment
View profile
Poetry
Do It Now!
By Lost-In-Life GOLD
Whitby, Other
Lost-In-Life GOLD, Whitby, Other
11 articles 0 photos 299 comments

Favorite Quote:
It&#039;s never to late, if it weren&#039;t for the last minute many things would never get done!

View profile
Poetry
Sing it Out Loud
By Poe_poe SILVER
DeMotte, Indiana
Poe_poe SILVER, DeMotte, Indiana
7 articles 0 photos 0 comments
View profile

JOIN THE DISCUSSION

This article has 1 comment.

Authorgal98 GOLD said...
on Jun. 16 2010 at 1:26 pm
Authorgal98 GOLD, Frankort, Illinois
17 articles 0 photos 194 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Let your mind sart a journey through a strange new world...&quot;

View profile
Beautiful! Truely beautiful, and i can relate, so that helps.  I have a hideout/fort about a mile away form my house. It's, of course, in the wooods. Keep on writing, hun!