This poem is part of the NaPoWriMo 2024 challenge to write a poem a day in April. This is the prompt for April 24:
Today, we’d like to challenge you to write a poem that begins with a line from another poem (not necessarily the first one), but then goes elsewhere with it. This will work best if you just start with a line of poetry you remember, but without looking up the whole original poem. Or you could find a poem that you haven’t read before and then use a line that interests you. The idea is for the original to furnish the backdrop for your work, but without influencing you so much that you feel as if you are just rewriting the original!
When I am among the trees, I am in a sacred place, A place where I can escape, Where the world’s chaos recedes. Every step I take, Every rustle beneath my feet Brings me to a closer connection With the earth. When I am among the trees, Leaves softly swish in diffused light, Birds speak in their language of m…