Trail Hiking

This poem was created from words borrowed from Bill Bryson's A Walk In The Woods.

September 24 Prompt ▶︎

Prompt for: Sept 24, 2015 (Ren)
Subject or Theme: Borrowed From Books Grab the closest published book to you (I'm trusting you on this) and turn to page 29. Pick 10 words from that page and write them down.(You may not pick these words: a, an, and, the, of, I, in, it, is, et cetera...they must be at least 5 letters or more.) Then you must write a poem using at least 7 of those words.
Word(s) to Include: At least 7 of the 10 words from your list. (NO DERIVATIVES ALLOWED)
Forbidden Word(s): (none) (or any derivatives of these words)
Additional Parameters: In the author's note you MUST LIST ALL OF THE FOLLOWING: The title of the book, the author of the book, the copyright date of the book and the complete list of the 10 words you originally chose. Remember to highlight the words you use in GREEN. Minimum of 15 lines and maximum of 30 lines.
Remember, do not use forbidden words ANYWHERE, including title or the brief description.

We were taking the trail
Into the wilderness
After months of long preparations
It never occurred to us
To go alone.
This enterprise seemed daunting
Yet as I entered the lush green
Of the forest,
And heard the birds singing,
I felt the spirit of Mother Nature
Welcome us.
I knew there would be challenges
But I also knew
I needed to do this
We needed to face this
Together.

16 lines.


Author's Note ▶︎

Page 29, A Walk In The Woods by Bill Bryson
Copywrite 1997

My words:
Mother
Preparations
Enterprise
Spirit
Occurred
Alone
Trail
Wilderness
Remarkably
Awaited