Solitary Eye One blue eye peeks out from underneath a carpet of forest clover and beneath the blue leaves of mustard greens. A thistle jostles next to a Dollar weed and a tiny fern to create a background for the one small blue unblinking eye – an ornamental toadstool. Like the Turkish “evil eye” it watches the forest a channel to the Divine taking in all the blessings and dispelling all the chaos. |
I fell in love with the Piney Woods in a very roundabout way. I grew up in Houston (and I love Houston -- more about Houston later). I spent my later childhood years in what was then a suburb of Houston. It was considered far, far out on the very edges of the city. This is not true now, of course, as H-Town has moved miles beyond where I grew up. The point is that I grew up in a cookie-cutter suburban neighborhood where there were houses exactly like ours down the street. Still love that old two-story house, though, built around 1965. My parents bought a house in a small town on a lake north of Houston. I would go there and I would enjoy the lake an the woods, but I was not enchanted with it at the time. Then, for reasons of his own, my dad decided to buy a little farm house with 6 acres and Piney Woods and decided it would be a legacy for my husband and me. That's when I truly fell in love with the Piney Woods. The Piney Woods take up about 1/3 of Texas and some parts of Louisiana and Arkansas. They include The Big Thicket which is a world famous ecological system. The Piney Woods are magic. I have spent the last 4 years taking pictures and writing poems about both the woods and the small town located close to our place. I see it with my poet's eye and I try to capture what I see.
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Mr Ed
2/25/2016 06:26:32 pm
The forest is a symbol rich with meaning and imbued with archetypal
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Fluffymop
5/11/2016 10:08:15 pm
More poems about your adventures in Piney Woods please!
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Texas Mystic Poet
1/31/2023 04:03:04 pm
Thank you for your comments on my poem so many years ago. ... I am going to resurrect my blog this year (2023). I have not been able to get back to my blog for years due to family issues and COVID issues... I want to thank you again for your kind comment. please let me know if this message reaches you. Thanks.
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Texas Mystic Poet
1/31/2023 04:00:24 pm
Thank you for your comments on my poem so many years ago. I am just now getting back to my blog due to family issues and COVID.... I am going to resurrect my blog this year (2023). I want to thank you again for your kind comment. please let me know if this message reaches you. Thanks.
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AuthorTexas Mystic Poet is a published poet and author who loves Texas, poetry and The Great Piney Woods. All poetry and photographs on this site are copyright protected. All poems were written by Linda Koffel and all photos were taken by Linda Koffel. They may be shared on social media.... Archives
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