- by Linn Barnes
Archery
-Linn Barnes
Today at archery practice
in the cool with a light breeze
the sun crossing to my south
perfectly lighting the target
at about three in the afternoon
cutting through to the right spot
I brought to bear years of training
and buried many shafts deep into
the center at twenty yards
the arrows flying flawlessly
weighted and powerful
slicing through the air
fletching whistling through
the shallow arc falling dead
true