Poems and Stories Found While Walking in Woods
by Stephen Harrod Buhner

Copyright (c) 2003 Stephen Harrod Buhner, All rights Reserved 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

Prologue 

Section One - Veriditas
Walking 
Disturbed by Wind 
Leaf Taking 
A Thought 
Plant Medicine 
Coyote 
Coming Home 

Section Two - The Fruitful Darkness
Black Wings 
The Sheath 
Finding Young Men in Manassas Forest
The Sadness of Old Men 
Longing 
The Waiting 
Darkness 



Section Three
- The Taste of Wild Water
The Taste of Wild Water 

Section Four
Grains of Sand From  Another Shore
Motionless in Moonlight 
Ancient Herbals 
Crows and Clouds 
Mountains 
Flowers 
Cemeteries 
Song of Generations 
The Fabric of Night and Day 


Grateful acknowledgement is made to the editors of Poetry Motel in which "Black Wings" previously appeared.

"Plant Medicine" previously appeared in Sacred Plant Medicine by Stephen Harrod Buhner, copyright Stephen Harrod Buhner, reissued Raven Press, 2001, all rights reserved. Reprinted by permission of Raven Press.

The prose poem, "The Taste of Wild Water" was previously issued in a signed, limited edition, copyright Stephen Harrod Buhner, VisionWeaving (now Raven) Press, 2000. All Rights Reserved. Reprinted by permission of Raven Press.

Dedication
For my great-grandparents, C.G. and Mary Burney Harrod

Acknowledgements
Robert Bly, Dale Pendell, Patrick Pritchett, Trishuwa, Toni Knapp.