In a Forest near Strömsund, Sweden
For two weeks
we walked in silence
hoping for bears –
deep from the forest,
turning, lumbering,
huge.
Make noise, they said,
as you walk.
But our desire
to see a bear
was stronger.
Bears are shy,
they told us, and so
we walked as quietly
as we could,
almost believing.
Rachel Carney has had poems published in several magazines and journals including Ink Sweat and Tears, The High Window Journal and The Ekphrastic Review. She is a book blogger at www.createdtoread.com and has written articles and reviews for various magazines.
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