Tag Archives: love

Weekly Photo Challenge: Partners

Posted on June 26, 2016 by tyler4turtles

This week’s photo challenge was especially meaningful to me.  My wife and I just celebrated our 5th wedding anniversary on June 18th.  And today, my grandparents are celebrating their 69th wedding anniversary!  What an amazing accomplishment and a testament to … Continue reading →

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How you lay your hearts down

Posted on July 31, 2015 by tyler4turtles

Originally posted on The ancient eavesdropper:
I have a confession to make.  I don’t write love poems very often.  I guess you could say that most of my poems aren’t infatuated or inspired by the female sex, unless it revolves…

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Peerless embraces

Posted on February 16, 2014 by tyler4turtles

The taste that lingers on your lips after a kiss — the warmth sunlight plants upon your face after a cloud break — peerless intimate  embraces.

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Cinnamon sticks

Posted on February 14, 2014 by tyler4turtles

Originally posted on The ancient eavesdropper:
Rhododendron leaves rolled at my feet — their vagrant husks reminiscent of cinnamon sticks — spices seasoning  the soil for flora and fauna.

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Fence(fe)line

Posted on January 5, 2014 by tyler4turtles
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Joy

Posted on December 28, 2013 by tyler4turtles
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Weekly Photo Challenge: One

Posted on December 22, 2013 by tyler4turtles

My wife stands behind a candy cane striped sign, she is the sugar of my life, my one and only.

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So sentient she

Posted on December 18, 2013 by tyler4turtles

Originally posted on The ancient eavesdropper:
She stares silently seaboard, soaking sun, shadowing swells, stepping stones, so sentient she.

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Bird becomings

Posted on December 8, 2013 by tyler4turtles

Originally posted on The ancient eavesdropper:
Have you ever followed the life of an egg? At once so firm, impenetrable, hard to break, that hollow containing nutrients and a tiny being waiting to be fed. Blue oval eggs stirred, awakened…

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A cat’s callings

Posted on November 18, 2013 by tyler4turtles

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         She  purrs, preens, paws, plays, prowls, preys, perches, pounces, pilfers, pacifies, pisses, personifies, so many cat callings to purchase in nine lives.

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