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Hummingbird Poems: Archilochus colubris II

May 5, 2021 by Rachel Donahue Leave a Comment

Archilochus colubris II

Peasant Joan
full of grace
steals in softly
while King George is away.

She dips her head
and drinks long
of the sweet water,
pausing only to listen,
only a moment.

Another long draught
and a sly turn of her graceful head:
King George races by
calling someone a thief.

She never flinches,
never quavers,
but drinks long and deep
of the living water
till King George returns
and she takes her leave.

Atta girl.
Drink up.
This abundance is for you, too.

Hummingbird Poems: Archilochus colubris I


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Rachel Donahue
Rachel Donahue
Rachel Donahue is a homeschooling mother of four who enjoys writing while everyone else is asleep.

After receiving her English degree, Rachel and her husband, Mick, moved to Spain and spent the next dozen years in cross-cultural ministry. When family circumstances brought them back to North Carolina and the family greenhouse business, a return to literature brought her into a new season of writing: both poetry and the beginnings of a novel.

This poem is from Rachel’s book Beyond Chittering Cottage: Poems of Place, a collection born out of the close, everyday observation of the world outside her back door. Beyond Chittering Cottage is currently available for preorder from Bandersnatch Books.
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