Tumblewords

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Tuesday, May 19, 2009

R for ABC Wednesday

ABC Wednesday offers R as the prompt this week!





Road First Traveled

deep in the forest
each turn hides
its spring surprise

a washout or
maybe a fallen tree
a bumbling moose

or a regal elk
a lumbering bear
or four-pack of atv's

our car crawls along
over rocks and ruts
while somewhere ahead

a plethora of deer
graceful as sunrise
move like the wind



Digital photo, East of the Lake, resized in Irfanview and framed in Framefun.


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29 comments:

Sylvia K said...

Lovely shot and lovely words! Thanks for sharing!

paisley said...

wow.. all that beauty brought to us by the letter r... amazing....

photowannabe said...

Really beautiful scenery you captured and framed. This looks like a road that I would like to travel.

david mcmahon said...

Lovely work.

There are so many roads, just waiting for us to travel on them.....

Paula Scott Molokai Girl Studio said...

Lovely choice! Beautiful road. It's all about enjoying the journey, isn't it?
Re: wabi sabi. I too am fascinated with it and have several posts in regards to it!
Love the Haiku that you did too. Nice!

Reader Wil said...

That's a great photo and great words to it! Thanks for your visit. Yes Roy is an artist andhe and his wife have a house full of paintings and designs. They are wonderful people. My daughter is writing a book about his life.

Rune Eide said...

The road begs to be followed into the forest. I would have loved to walk it.

Roger Owen Green said...

the Road is not that long, is it? We need to enjoy it while we can.

anthonynorth said...

The forest brought to life - in words and image. Excellent.

spacedlaw said...

Nice poem. I love the last stanza.

TYRA Hallsénius Lindhe said...

Lovely post, such nice words. Well done and un excellent choice.

Tyra

nonizamboni said...

Love the animal images! And a beautiful photo. . .great minds being what they are, I used roads today too.
Happy ABC Wednesday.

Gledwood said...

i wish i could find one deer in the forest, let alone a plethora!

Miss_Yves said...

Lovely poem, well illustrated by a beautiful photo...I love its colours.
Next week, "s" is for"surprise" will be one of my entries !

Karyn said...

Great photo. The poem paints a lovely picutre, as well.

Leslie: said...

Nice choice and thoughtful words.

poefusion said...

perfect words for traveling a road. especially liked the ending as I see a lot of deer around here. have a nice day.

Q said...

A ribbon road and lovely read.
I rode right with you. Thank you.
I am reflecting on my roads not yet traveled, getting out of my rut! ABC Wednesday is so much fun.
Sherry

Mel said...

Absolutely lovely...I wish I would've had my camera with me this morning...a deer came leaping out of the woods not 10 feet in front of the stroller while I was taking my daughter for a walk. I don't know who was more surprised of the three of us! ")

Rose said...

A beautiful poem, Tumblewords! It describes perfectly the wonder of exploring the woods, never knowing what you might encounter around the next turn. And the same can be said for life, can't it?

Janie said...

Nice play on Robert Frost with your title. Great photo and fun poem.

tapirgal said...

It looks like a beautiful place for a walk. Thanks for posting!

kRiZcPEc said...

wow, just wow. :)

Gordon Mason said...

I enjoyed the adventure in this poem; thanks for letting me come along!

jay said...

That road certainly does look and sound inviting! Oh to have a dog to travel that road with!

Marie said...

This is a very beautiful scenery, exactly the place where I like to be... I love your poems.

Cheffie-Mom said...

Super post! Congrats on the Post of the Day Award from authorblog!

EG CameraGirl said...

I very much enjoyed the poetry that accompanies this photo. ;-)

Dragonstar said...

Love the way you treated this photo, it looks irresistible. Like the poem too.