In his story,
My student wrote:
“our parents decided to move to a more suttle part of the forest.”
Yes, he misspelled the word.
And he was misusing it even if he spelled it right.
But I'm not taking points off.
Because now I want to move
To a more subtle part of the forest.
A place off the path,
But just off the path,
A place that everyone passes
But not everyone sees.
A clearing bounded
by pine needles and leaves.
Within, giving loamy earth.
The air
is the mingling scents of green.
Sun light rays down
Defining trees
Giving them their shadows.
Forest dust shapes the sun shafts
that shooting-star bugs plunge through.
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Boz Bozeman 
You got a great poem out of your student’s mistake but what did he mean if it was different than you? If he misused subtle what did he think subtle meant? You may reply in the form of a new poem!
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Haha! As I remember the story had a family who had to flee attackers. They ran to the woods to find a place to hide. So the connotation of hidden would apply, but he wanted the idea of safety, which subtle doesn’t have.
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Thank you for the insight. Your whole story is quite wonderful and with what’s behind it. Love how you did this. Good poet. Good teacher.
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Thank you! You’re very kind
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Reblogged this on Boz Bozeman and commented:
I’m posting this as part of Open Link Night at DVerse
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