Julia Taylor Ebel

Author of Books and Poetry Celebrating Nature, Heritage and Cultural History

My poems reflect wonder at the beauty and mystery of nature.

I love walking in the woods, especially in the mountains. As I walk, I take time to discover. On morning walks near my North Carolina home, I watch leaves, flowers, birds, and bunnies. Then I write poems.

My poems are short--sometimes just a focused glimpse, like the view through a camera’s lens. The closer the focus, the more I see. I jot down ideas soon so I don’t forget them. Then I shape and reshape the poem. I listen to the sound of words together, the rhythms, the flow. I look at the shape of the poem too as I try to capture an image.

While I listen closely to the sounds of words together and use words that rhyme, most of my poems are free verse.

	BLUETS On fragile threads bluets stand just tall enough to let the wind barely brush each tiny, blue-starred face.

WINGS

An artist's palette
on wings
takes dancing flight
among the meadow flowers.
With airy grace
it flits and flies
as if its task
were lighter
than
a song.

SPRING MUSIC    Linger       on the shaded path.         Hush.    Hear      the fiddleheads        unfolding          spring.