There is a spiders homeattached outside the top floor window of the hospital.Its home faces south west;view of the woods.The dot-like body bouncesin the wind web too transparent for me to ponder uponHow many flies does it catch on the sixth floor?Not many, not enoughBugs that hit the glassaiming for the hallway lightget tangled by deceptionWindow washer will comereclaimContinueContinue reading “Poetry: Web of Glass”
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Poetry: Perhaps
It’s Monday and a great day for art and poetry! Every Monday night is Poetry Night open mic in downtown Bellingham. Last week Robert gave out a prompt that I couldn’t resist: What should be done with your body upon your death. All week I’ve been thinking about this. What writer doesn’t enjoy writing orContinueContinue reading “Poetry: Perhaps”
Memento Mori
Oh Death where is thy sting? Oh, and are you free for lunch?No one wants to be friends with Death. Now its counterpart, Life, is very popular around town. Most people are familiar with Life and consider it their best friend. But Death is the odd one out. Death is not necessarily bad luck, misfortuneContinueContinue reading “Memento Mori”
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