THE SECRET PLACE
Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2014 3:43 pm
It’s been so quiet I thought I’d better see if I could dig up something to post.
This is an old one, not sure whether it was a homework one from one of the forums or not, or whether it was posted before somewhere. Terry
THE SECRET PLACE
On misty morns the forest drips and leaves are wet with dew;
the smoke-like mist hangs in the air to blur a pristine view.
It gladdens hearts of all who walk along this winding track;
you’re taken by its beauty as you pass the old bush shack.
Sun touches then a foggy grove and melts the mist away
and dries dew laden bushes with a warming solar ray.
Its gentle glow then brings to life the hidden places where
exquisite flowers open up, so beautiful and rare.
There’s dappled light in leafy glens where filtered sun peeps through,
to light up ferns and rushes where the spider orchids grew.
The tiny stream that trickles by and slowly makes its way,
now whispers of a secret place, it travels through each day.
So sweet is natures music with its golden notes of sound,
from throats of feathered songsters as it echoes all around.
And heralds yet another day along this forest trail,
this place of untouched beauty, that’s so delicate and frail.
Some lofty Karri still remain and reach up to the sky
to overlook the forest as the fleecy clouds drift by.
a golden whistler calls its mate from somewhere down below,
it’s deep within a shaded nook where moss and lichens grow.
Down through the gorge’s rocky slopes the creek meanders by
and breaks out from the undergrowth to view the bright blue sky.
Then tumbles over tiny falls to splash on rocks below.
to flow on through the forest where the Queen Of Sheba’s Grow.*
The scent of wild boronia with perfume so supreme,
now drifts throughout this magic place where sparkling waters gleam.
The air is fresh and fragrant where so few have trod before;
its beauty trapped within my heart, to stay for evermore.
*****
T.E.Piggott 24/4/2009
The ‘Queen Of Sheba’ is a magnificent orchid
This is an old one, not sure whether it was a homework one from one of the forums or not, or whether it was posted before somewhere. Terry
THE SECRET PLACE
On misty morns the forest drips and leaves are wet with dew;
the smoke-like mist hangs in the air to blur a pristine view.
It gladdens hearts of all who walk along this winding track;
you’re taken by its beauty as you pass the old bush shack.
Sun touches then a foggy grove and melts the mist away
and dries dew laden bushes with a warming solar ray.
Its gentle glow then brings to life the hidden places where
exquisite flowers open up, so beautiful and rare.
There’s dappled light in leafy glens where filtered sun peeps through,
to light up ferns and rushes where the spider orchids grew.
The tiny stream that trickles by and slowly makes its way,
now whispers of a secret place, it travels through each day.
So sweet is natures music with its golden notes of sound,
from throats of feathered songsters as it echoes all around.
And heralds yet another day along this forest trail,
this place of untouched beauty, that’s so delicate and frail.
Some lofty Karri still remain and reach up to the sky
to overlook the forest as the fleecy clouds drift by.
a golden whistler calls its mate from somewhere down below,
it’s deep within a shaded nook where moss and lichens grow.
Down through the gorge’s rocky slopes the creek meanders by
and breaks out from the undergrowth to view the bright blue sky.
Then tumbles over tiny falls to splash on rocks below.
to flow on through the forest where the Queen Of Sheba’s Grow.*
The scent of wild boronia with perfume so supreme,
now drifts throughout this magic place where sparkling waters gleam.
The air is fresh and fragrant where so few have trod before;
its beauty trapped within my heart, to stay for evermore.
*****
T.E.Piggott 24/4/2009
The ‘Queen Of Sheba’ is a magnificent orchid
