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A Distant Rose

January 27, 2022January 27, 2022 admin

I sought a very exceptional rose;   A flower supreme in every way – Bloom that not age, nor blight, nor aphid knows,   Whose

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Sometimes Forever Never Comes

January 27, 2022January 27, 2022 admin

Autumn flower, in this remiss hour, sunset lingers, persevering! Bonny countenance, that dost almost entice winter to spare her frost! Winter whispers in the brisk

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Summer Portrait

January 27, 2022January 27, 2022 admin

No more tears! Save sorrow for later years    When no morrow comes with the setting sun. Being well enough cheers most mortal fears   

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Shadows and Sand

January 27, 2022January 27, 2022 admin

     We are only shadows and sand, Blending into deepening shades of dusk.      We are fire in mystery’s hand, Fragrance of bloom lost to

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Rose for a Nightingale

January 27, 2022January 27, 2022 admin

Nightingale, thou art not forlorn, Thy sacrifice not made in vain That hung thy life upon a thorn, And tempered true love with its stain.

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To Bathe in Eternal Rain

January 27, 2022January 27, 2022 admin

Do you fear to be free? Are you afraid to fly, To be, but not to be, To be born as you die, To bathe

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The Haunted House of Mink Creek

January 27, 2022January 27, 2022 admin

Below Mink Creek Steeps there is an old homestead,Or was – now just a square of foundation stonesThat ranging cattle sometimes use as a bed.There

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Of Tea

January 26, 2022January 27, 2022 admin

My cup of tea is steeped in deepest lore,From olden times in lost, exotic lands –The stuff of ardent scenes since days of yore.I hold

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Embodiment of Perfection

January 23, 2022January 27, 2022 admin

Perfection, what is thy name?Embodied as a decree!Conceived above any blameIs this picture of beauty! In form of snow-pure rabbit.Gentle child of innocence,Clothed in angel-knit

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Child of Earth

January 23, 2022January 27, 2022 admin

Child of earth, cultivator of the field,Kneeling in worship on the garden floor,Immeasurable by words is your yield –The nature of the nature you adore.With

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Rest in Eternal Joy, Mary Ann Bryant.

This tribute is dedicated to my beloved sister, Mary Ann Bryant, born 21 June 1959, who passed away on 1 January 2026.

The Dove of Happiness is a poem written and narrated by Daniel F Mitchell, Editor of Anything Outdoors with Steve, in loving memory of a soul whose tenderness, strength, and quiet grace will never be forgotten.

Through imagery of hope, mercy, and renewal, this poem reflects the journey from sorrow to peace, and the eternal joy that now surrounds her.

May her memory remain a blessing, and may her spirit soar free.

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The Dove of Happiness

The dove of happiness has been seeking you
for a lifetime of quiet redress.
She has heard your prayers, whispered
in the shadows of silent despair.

She knows the diversions you’ve chasedβ€”
futile attempts to distract your painβ€”
and the sting of thorns beneath
the feet of childhood innocence.

Why have you hidden from her
in the forest deep,
in the hold of a gloomy culvert,
with only silver moonlight
and the distant chorus of frogs
to cradle your sleep?

So long have you quenched your thirst
with drops of temporal solace,
when a stream of bliss flowed freely,
yearning for the eternal refreshment
of your soul.

The dove of happiness has longed
to see laughter bloom in your heart,
to lift you on her wings
and dance ecstatically
in the beams of morning sun.

At last, she has found you,
embracing you with the devotion
of a host of angels.
How delighted she must be
to discover such a tender rose,
blooming graciously from the briars.

With a single kiss, your pain is soothed,
your fear dissipates like mist
from melting frost.
Her love has unraveled the barbs
from the bloom, prickle by prickle,
until only the fragrance of joy remains.

Her love has burst you wide open,
ignited your spirit like a shooting star
across the heavens.

How radiant is her tender mercy,
carrying you on delicate wings!

Now the brook murmurs of her grace,
and the frogs sing in the forest deep,
pleased to know you are free
from mortal despair.

Only the angels know
the sacred joy you have become.

~ Daniel F Mitchell

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