Deep within the Umbral Woods
As the morning sun appears
The druid of the dawn awakens
Sitting among the orchids
Where not a petal he has harmed
Carefully he stands
Draped in his mottled cloak
That merges him with trees
Stretching out the kinks
From sleeping on his haunches
A wand emerges from his sleeve
Thin and gnarled by time
He waves it at the orchids
Sending a shower of dew
To the skies above
As the water starts to fall
Feeding its former hosts
The druid drifts away
Stopping at the clearing’s edge
Where he is not allowed to pass
He can hear the orchids singing
While he whispers to a pine
Asking for a precious cone
That gently falls
Into his waiting hand
He mumbles a short prayer
As he taps the cone with wand
Causing both to glow
Bright and amber light
Weaving in the air
With all his strength
He hurls the cone into the air
Pushing it above the trees
Where it soundlessly explodes
Sending seeds to all horizons
The day passes on
As the druid sends more seeds
Orchids and pines
Oaks and grasses
He gives them all a chance to live
A yawn escapes his lips
His energy is spent
The sun sinks into bed
As the druid returns to his patch
To sleep among the purple petals
Legends of Windemere 
Love this poem…believe it or not, it reminds me when I used to play D&D with my youngest…he created a new character for me…. 🙂
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Another fellow D&D player? Well, sort of. I’ve long since retired my dice. The inspiration for the poem was my son when he was two. He had found a toy sword from when I was a kid and it was taller than him, but light enough for him to carry with one hand. Then he claimed a large, green watering can. So, he just wandered the backyard with these things and pretended to water the plants.
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wonderful source of information…my son still has his dice for the moment, but alas he plays with his friends at college…doesn’t do live d&d now…he’d taken up medieval sword play and is studying for his masters in history.
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Nice combo. I did fencing and creative writing while D&Ding my way through college. The series I’m writing is based on the college game that I joined my freshman year.
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I should tell him…he would like to be a writer, and guess what…loves fantasy..one of his favorites was Drizzt…well i like him too. 😉
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I liked Drizzt. I actually was more into Danilo Thann and Arilyn Moonblade. There was a sinister elf that was an anti-hero too, but I forgot his name. Craulnober?
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Now that I don’t know…I’ll have to look into it, sounds interesting…Sisko is the expert! 😮
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I love the imagery in this one! Fantastic, in both genre and quality!
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Thanks.
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Very visual, Charles.
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Thanks.
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Beautiful Imagery, Charles
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Thanks.
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Wow, really great. So true to the character of a Druid.
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Thanks.
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Hey Charles! This is great, love it!
I know you already have this one, but I could not let you out of my list! 🙂
Nominated you for the WordPress Family Award!
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Thank you! 🙂
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Beautiful imagery! Splendid job!
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Thanks.
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