The Forest, a Fantasy Land

The Little Cloud Studio window display at the Creative Geelong Makers Hub stirred a memory of Emily Dickinson’s quiet devotion to nature — this piece is my own small letter back to the world, written from a forest of imagination.

“This is my letter to the World
That never wrote to Me —
The simple News that Nature told —
With tender Majesty, Her Message is committed
To Hands I cannot see —
For love of Her — Sweet — countrymen —
Judge tenderly — of Me.”

Emily Dickinson






The Forest, a Fantasy Land



Come join me in the forest’s fantasy land;
I know of a picture-perfect place
where the dappled sunlight
silently filters through the trees.

There’s a picnic table built for two.
I’ll bring a food hamper
and Emily Dickerson’s
magical book of poems.

Within the bower’s peace and quiet,
if you listen closely, nature’s gentle breeze
softly rustles through the ferns and leaves;
and then you’ll hear the green toadstools
from the forest floor’s mossy logs
humming a familiar tune.





Today’s music drifts from the heart of the forest — Enya’s “The Memory of the Trees.”




Ivor Steven  ©  June 2026

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G'day, and welcome to my blog site. My name is Ivor Steven, I live in Geelong, Australia. I'm an ex-industrial chemist, and a retired plumber, and a former Carer of my wife(Carole), for 30 years, who suffered from severe MS. I Write poetry about those personal thoughts, throughout and beyond my life as a Carer. I've been blogging for over 2 years, and writing poems for 19 years. Of course a lot of my poems are about my favourite subject Carole, but since I've been blogging my writings have become quite varied, humourous, mystical, observational, and even a few monster/horror poems.

18 thoughts on “The Forest, a Fantasy Land”

  5. ‘Tis a joy to think about two of my fave poets…Emily and Ivor…spending time together. 🙂
    Your poem, Ivor, is vivid and powerful in word-pictures and in important subject matter/message.
    Oh, and I always am heart-touched by Enya!
    (((HUGS))) 💚💚💚

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    1. Yes, the lovely, imaginative window display from Creative Geelong Market Day was where this environmental poem with an underlying was born, Carolyn (((HUGS))) 🌲💚🌲💚🐶💕

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  8. Ivor, Emily Dickenson is one of my favorite poets, and this poem of hers speaks to me! I love the whimsical, nature-themed poem you wrote. Thank you for sharing this charming environmental message. 💚😊🌺

    The music by Enya is lovely, but the photos in the video were such a sad reminder of human destruction of nature, that I couldn’t bear to watch it to the end!

    When I see photos like this, I think about my maternal grandfather, who, as a young man, was a logger in the redwood forests of California. In my mind’s eye, I see an old photo of him, a handsome, muscular young man leaning on a giant axe.

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