Tag Archives: poems

Target practice (re-post)

Posted on March 16, 2026 by The Ancient Eavesdropper

Do right by your name,let it stand and take aimat all the true targets worthnailing head-on with sharpened speedand arched vertebrae.Follow through with your sighting,visualize the middle path to the center,grasp the taunt stringand pull back ever so slightly.Taste the … Continue reading →

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Thistle therapy

Posted on March 8, 2026 by The Ancient Eavesdropper

Pulling  thirty thousand  thistles — countless spines  lodged under my skin — fingers tingling  with joy — weeding can  heal your soul  and this world. 

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The joy of poetry

Posted on October 25, 2016 by The Ancient Eavesdropper

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Thought clouds hover above my head — overcast with a chance of poems. I am a wallflower blooming in the corner — dancing with invisible butterflies. Stars falling without end — golden leaves drifting…

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Knocking on the door

Posted on September 18, 2016 by The Ancient Eavesdropper

As if in a headstand limber branches of a tree break dance. With only a shell on its back inching through life leaving a trail of slime I stopped in my tracks & let the snail pass I’ve got time. … Continue reading →

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In the shade of a thought

Posted on July 10, 2016 by The Ancient Eavesdropper

The swish of purple leaves — the tap of swinging plums — the friction of time ticking by on the pendulum tree.  Shadows lengthen past the noonday sun — trees splay their canopies on the ground — growing back to … Continue reading →

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Skeleton queen

Posted on May 9, 2016 by The Ancient Eavesdropper

As lilacs fade their purple crowns decay & butterflies dethroned — all that remains a skeleton queen of royal green.

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Grassroots effort

Posted on March 20, 2016 by The Ancient Eavesdropper

Speak to me in the cool tongue of a clear mountain stream. Absorbing the morning sun through every pore — a solar flare of daffodils dances in an open field. Inch by inch worms measure the earth’s waist. Deep in … Continue reading →

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Wet stone

Posted on March 13, 2016 by The Ancient Eavesdropper

A worm wriggles through a loophole escaping the early bird. Singing inside a skunk cabbage amphitheater — a chorus frog’s song carries throughout the swamp. An owl’s screech pierces the heart of darkness. My mind wound tight as a guitar … Continue reading →

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Miles from here

Posted on February 22, 2016 by The Ancient Eavesdropper

Willows weave their golden branches around the moon — catching dreams as they fall into the tender embrace of catkins. Raindrops tumble like liquid mallets — across outstretched fronds — playing xylophone ferns. Nudging its way through the topsoil — … Continue reading →

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Vibrant 

Posted on January 31, 2016 by The Ancient Eavesdropper

After the rain  dusty petals washed rainbow wheels  spinning thru  color fields.

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