Brisk Amble

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The turning spring to summer afternoon,

where apple and cherry blossoms bloom

Fleeting sun kissed dreams,

wash the rolling hills that spill

Emerald sea of grass ocean waves

undulating in a swirling breeze

A living carpet green that

whispers beneath the trees

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Down the dell and to the glade

in blackbird song thrush serenade

Flocked birds swim the warm west wind,

glide their realm in swoop and skim

Dart in and out, in between

trees full leaf of new fresh green

In the brier the rustlings stir

creatures slink seen flash of fur

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Tumbling cloud on clear azure

Catching breath air clean and pure

To the summit, inspiration point,

panorama meets eye as to anoint

Across the miles of patchwork fields,

bounty grows her feast to yield

Far off horizon sweeps to the sea,

existence held at glad to be

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So to turn to homeward bound,

full blessed of all my eye has found

Descending from the crested hill,

with ease the downward join the spill

Elated as the walking would,

endorphins flooded to the blood

Exercised both body and mind,