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    Out of the Woods of Northwestern Wisconsin: Poems
    Out of the Woods of Northwestern Wisconsin: Poems
    Out of the Woods of Northwestern Wisconsin: Poems
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    Out of the Woods of Northwestern Wisconsin: Poems

    By L. Thompson

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    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.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherXlibris US
    Release dateFeb 13, 2018
    ISBN9781543481280
    Out of the Woods of Northwestern Wisconsin: Poems
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    L. Thompson

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

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      Out of the Woods of Northwestern Wisconsin - L. Thompson

      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

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.

      Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Thinkstock are models, and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.

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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

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