Forest in spring

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Untangled by daylight
by birdsongs in green
the path of today
bends for the boughs
of the beeches in May.

To the rustle of leaves
left by the fall we walk
through the spring
miles upon miles
forgetting the aches
of hatred we left..

Beech-forest in Southern Sweden

Today Mish hosts the Quadrille at dVerse with the word being tangle. I was inspired to write from a hike we did in Southern Sweden over the long weekend of last week. The beech forests were simply amazing at this time of the year.

May 5, 2025

21 responses to “Forest in spring”

  1. The wonderful alliteration gives a lilt to the poem, a reciprocity in sound that the forest in spring gives to the persona, leaving the world behind. Beautiful Q, Björn.

  2. We both went for a walk in a spring forest, Björn! I especially love the lines:

    ‘Untangled by daylightby birdsongs in green’.

    The perfect way to forget the ‘aches of hatred’.

  4. birdsong is such a wonderful stops me in my racks most morning on my cycle to work in the spring.

  5. I feel the heaviness between the lines….but it is all left behind in this gorgeous forest walk. It looks like a very peaceful and rejuvenating place to be.

  8. Those walks can bring untangled harmony when we leave the hatred behind and journey into the forest of peace of mind.

  13. There is a clarity like no other felt in nature…. (I thought I had commented before but my WP seems to keep doing a disappearing act on my comments), if another appears that’s why…

  15. Aside from walks on an ocean beach, nothing settles quite like walks in the forests … especially in the Spring. Lovely writing, Bjorn.

  17. You so capture the feel of the walk and the forest, which is my fave place to be, this really speaks to me and sounds like a wonderful experience.

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