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 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.
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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