Thursday, July 10, 2025

1387 - Stars can Be Seen

 


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The Sunday Whirl presents twelve words for us to use in a creative writing piece.  
 
This week's words are:


hunter beast tracks confess words relic inky drift echo holy stars magic




Stars Can Be Seen.


"The stars are always there, 

even when we can't see them."

– Anonymous


Within the woods

The beasts still roam.

Some leave tracks

Others leave just echos,

Heard faintly, drifting

In the trees and glens

Of that holy land.


The echoes, returning voices,

That tease and taunt,

Like hunters stalking,

Wearing down their prey.

Words, phrases, memories,

Relics of a past life,

Hit their target,

Drawing confessions

Opening nagging wounds,

Sapping the energy.



But the woods are alive

With much more than 

The hunter and the hunted.

Beneath the inky black sky

Where, like magic, the moon 

And stars can be seen—

The gamekeeper watches.



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2 comments:

  1. Deborah CoulthardJuly 10, 2025

    You've really shot for the stars and hit your target this time, Mr Poet. What an amazingly layered piece this is. So many aspects come straight from the boundless heart or the unconscious. You would know. When we by-pass the 'mental' realm we paint in words that transcend language. Thank you for this gift.

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