Out of the Woods of Northwestern Wisconsin: Poems

By L. Thompson

It is a book of hauntingly poignant poems about the stark beauty relating to the many aspects of nature, relationships, and life found in northwestern Wisconsin. And the foundation beneath it all is love.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Feb 13, 2018
• ISBN: 9781543481280

L. Thompson

L. Thompson resides in the woods near Hayward, Wisconsin.

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Copyright © 2018 by L. Thompson.

Library of Congress Control Number:   2018901176

ISBN:   Hardcover   978-1-5434-8130-3

             Softcover     978-1-5434-8129-7

             eBook          978-1-5434-8128-0

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Rev. date: 02/12/2018

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Contents

Nature

Spider

Gray Day

Cold Morning

Flycatcher’s Song

Under the Weather

Peanut Butter Bee

Pigeon Impressions

Weeding the Garden

Sightings

The Meadow

The Heron

First Impressions on a Summer Gone By

The Fragile Beast

Green Things

Busy

Wild Iris

Winter Observation

Lucky Break

Blue Moon Drive

In My Garden

Winter’s End

No-Vember

Star Naming

Spring

Spring Signs

First Snow

Here’s Looking at You… Beetles

Late November

Happy Solstice

Getting Dark

Solstice I

Solstice II

Something You See

Rain-soaked Robins

Rain Delay

Rabbit at the Bird Feeder

Pretty Bird

Flower Bed

Five A.M.

Big Moon

Two Crickets Came a Chirping

A Change in the Weather

Morning View

Wisconsin Spring

March

Another Sunrise

Cloud

You…

Note on the Table

Voice of a Kindred Soul

Table for Two

Sweet Nothings

Unsure Love

Sunday Morning

Say It with Flowers

At the Cosmetic Counter

Party On

Moon Goddess

First Date

Valentine

Cupid

Unrequited Valentine

Somewhere, My Valentine

Words

You’re on your Own

Pre-emptive Valentine Strike

Postcards from the Edge

Hermit’s Supper

Shy

Messages

Pancakes

Lost Words

Lonely Thought

One-Stomach Ruminations

Please Pass Peas

Split Wood

Gatekeeper

The Last Cinnamon Roll

Night Train

Breathe

Cafe Ala Northwoods

New Puppies

Gone to the Water

Comments on Suggested Reading

Trajectory

Ode to Toast

Summer Home

Musky Fest

Come into the Sauna

Open to Interpretation

Thoughts Towards Thanksgiving

Christmas Curmudgeon

I’m No Superman

Crowd Pleaser

New Table

Speak in the Half Light

Speak to Me

Acknowledgements

Lisa Maki – simply put, you inspire me

Jean Johnson – for your support and belief that my poems should see the light of day.

Curt Peterson & Mike Skarp – for orchestrating and pushing and trusting that my work is worth sharing.

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Nature

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Spider

I should have been more alert

but this,

my wooded path, my private little trail,

divided.

A silver-white web

thick as barn rope and a span

the breath of spread eagle wings.

Now captive in its grasp,

the sticky bands stretch and tighten

round my head and chest.

Netted! By this arachnid commando.

I know the type,

large, yellow and black

with a garden variety arrogance.

I saw you yesterday,

on the side of the path,

dangling from a poplar leaf

on one near invisible thread,

looking like gaudy jewelry.

Was it what I said,

that I thought your abdomen