Saturday, 18 October 2014

The Woodland Sprite


I met an angel                                                          
May I talk to you of her?                                  
But keep it secret                                                    

Her voice like a song                                              
With hands soft and beautiful                              
I said “speak to me”                                                 

She laughed like a stream                                    
The sound of rippling water                                  
As she smiled at me                                               

“I want to touch you”                                               
Her eyes sparkled like the stars                           
She denied me not                                                 

I tugged at her hand                                                           
She lived in the dark forest                                               
“Come back home with me”                                  

She just shook her head                                       
“I am daughter of the woods                            
He would not approve”                                          

As her hands touched mine                                      
She said "And just who are you                     
Will you come again?"                                            

I said that I would
Day’s later I returned there
But could not find her

I searched all over
Yet I found the woodman’s hut
Abandoned for years

I often go back
Hoping that my woodland sprite
Will appear again

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22 comments:

  1. brudberg18 October 2014 at 23:51

    This reads like a classic fairy tale.. The empty woodman's cabin is a very interesting and slightly eerie touch.

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  2. Mary18 October 2014 at 23:51

    I am impressed with the story you have told in haiku. Masterful. And, oh that she would appear again. Keep looking. Smiles.

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  3. Vandana Sharma18 October 2014 at 23:57

    Wow! beautiful and sometimes it nice to visit the fantasy world.

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  4. Sumana Roy19 October 2014 at 00:15

    love this beautifully woven fairy tale world...

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  5. J Cosmo Newbery19 October 2014 at 02:32

    Sweet. Very sweet.

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  6. a good atheist19 October 2014 at 03:23

    a lovely tale

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  7. Dr. Pearl Ketover Prilik (PKP)19 October 2014 at 04:52

    this is lyrical, lovely and delightfully mythically magical

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  8. Grace19 October 2014 at 06:27

    A lovely tale, there is something magical of the woodland ~

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  9. Gabriella19 October 2014 at 06:35

    It does remind me of a fairy tale, where mystery and magic cohabit in the forest. Congratulations on having written haiku!

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  10. Susan19 October 2014 at 07:28

    Continue to return, my friend, making memory and experience a major part of the goal! I found that in this poem.

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  11. Abin Chakraborty19 October 2014 at 07:41

    hmm.mysterious.I would love to meet an angel/sprite such as her.

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  12. Sherry Blue Sky19 October 2014 at 07:48

    I love this tale and, as Bjorn says, the empty woodsman's hut adds a nice eerie touch. I love "I am a daughter of the woods."

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  13. Linda Kay19 October 2014 at 08:11

    What an imaginative story to tell, very much of a fantasy in reality.

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  14. Donna@LivingFromHappiness19 October 2014 at 08:23

    Fairies, sprites and fairy tales...keeping us returning for more magic and mysteries.

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  15. Gen Giggles 19 October 2014 at 08:51

    Poor Tom Bombadil not finding his River Daughter.

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  16. Jennifer Wagner19 October 2014 at 08:52

    Oh this was fun to read! Thank you for this light and entertaining tale.

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  17. Panchali19 October 2014 at 09:48

    So lovely, the sequence of events makes it read like a fairy tale....may you find her one day!! Amen... smiles~

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  18. Kerry O'Connor19 October 2014 at 10:18

    Tales such as this have been told for centuries.. there must be something in them.

    :-)

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  19. ZQ19 October 2014 at 12:38

    Wonderful!
    ZQ

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  20. Justin Lamb20 October 2014 at 09:38

    This is quite enjoyable. The feelings of both being drawn to the sprite and then never seeing her again create a certain tension. Well done.

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  21. Locomente21 October 2014 at 03:02

    Who was she?
    Will they meet again?
    The question remains.

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  22. Stacy M.S.21 October 2014 at 15:51

    i love the way you describe her laughter...

    hmm, a sprite or too much sun. :P

    very enjoyable and light hearted.

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