In The Woods

[dukealien]

This is quite pleasant, but a few suggestions in Intensive:

In The Woods

The under-brush was strong
with briar biting at my ankles.  nice alliteration - strong point of this work throughout
Beech saplings, silent
reached through thorns
and wept for space in the canopy.  Initial "[t]he" on L1 wasn't bad, could a more descriptive word replace it here?

Sunlight, miserly though it was, "though it was" is somewhat cliche - you're not really complaining about its paucity, are you?
spattered the small clearing ahead another good place to reconsider "the"
in a rain of golden droplets. may be a personal thing, but I don't see rain as gold-colored unless it's against ripe wheat or fall leaves
Wildflowers waltzed with aplomb nice start to the line, but "aplomb" strikes me as a bit leaden.  Perhaps substitute "attendance," for "with aplomb?" In any case, this line needs a comma at the end.
swirling in the coattails of the tall grass. this line needs a little rearrangement, I think; maybe just removing the second "the" would do it

Legs no longer bound, led me to a granite chair, need comma after "Legs" or go active ("bound, I found a granite..."); also, suggest semicolon or em-dash at line end
I sat and rested while my breath caught me up. removing "me" might flow better
Butterfly's quizzed my brow then abandoned me "Butterflies" (plural); I tend to read "and" between "brow" and "then" also.
flitting through the overhangs of elm. perhaps replace "the" with an adjective here, too.
This was the prefect place to sleep.  good use of "the" here - singularly perfect; "a" wouldn't be sufficient.

Sorry, didn't mean to spill that much digital ink over it.  I'm probably too hawk-eyed against "the" in critique, though you use it well in your first and last lines.  If your thoughts tended that way, you could replace "sleep" with "rest in peace" on the final line   .

Sounds like you had a nice day:  thanks for sharing it!