Soundings - poetry by Jacqueline Dick

Jan. 20, 2014 - PRLog -- I came to know Jacqueline Dick two and a half years ago, in her many guises: lady of literature, teacher of English, seasoned aficionado of economical poetry, micro poetry, punchy poetry; dweller in a city where lives a preponderance of artists. She is a published poet, with a sense of rhythm and a keen eye for her subject matter. She has a talent for spotting the unusual, the unexpected, especially when it’s not in her back yard, but yours! And above all she is a champion and passionate advocate of disadvantaged people, nay, all earth dwelling animals.

~John Anstie

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Dedication

This book is dedicated to Peter Wilkin, Marsha Berry and John Anstie, fellow poets, inspirational and loyal buddies

Acknowledgments

To Kit Gibson Cowling and Chas Cowling... my technical advisors and warm, generous friends.

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FOREST REMEMBERING

suddenly, swiftly
I came upon it
a hidden pocket of
leafed emerald memory encapsulated
sun delicately
dappling
wild beauty
reclaiming itself
fenced
by painted pickets peeling
unable to hold back
primeval demands
forest remembering
youth and shining salad days
belled echos of rainbowed birdsong
on azure-winged zephyrs
remembered bower
where maids and men lived and loved
where hares kissed
afternoon fawns
where blooms blushed
at buzzing bees
a place of promise
a poet’s prize
where nature’s art
creates art in man
forest ...remembering

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