through the eye of a needle

gaze through the eye of a needle
and write prayers upon your skin
watch the moon fall
as you discard the caterpillars twin

the elephant in the room
she remembers it all
stop walking under ladders
lest you risk another the fall

smell the scent of the ocean
as their ship passes in the night
then reap what you sow
by turning on the light

breath in deeply
the scent of morning dew
a single blade of grass dances
with every moment anew

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This poem is inspired by the book How To Write Evocative Poetry

endless

endless waves

endless water

endlessly raging

against an ever changing shore

endlessly hoping

for a peaceful end

endlessly beginning

again and again

then suddenly a splash of cold reality

green and white with a hint of blue

out of my mind and into the sea

physically wet but happy to be

nature showing endlessly more

as endless waves

crash

against the endless shore

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This poem is inspired by the book How To Write Evocative Poetry

burn these pages

brevity may be the soul of wit
but destruction is the soul of poetry

observe

in your hands you hold nature’s majesty
reduced
to mere sheets of dead wood
marked
by the transient thoughts of one blind to the moment

hoping to inspire a fraction of the awe that its life once gave

burn these pages
and feel the flames as they touch your soul
deeper
than any collection of words ever could

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This poem is inspired by the book How To Write Evocative Poetry