tilting my head
to see the rainbow
in a spider’s web
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Caroline Skanne
Caroline Skanne, born in Sweden, now lives with her family by the river Medway in Kent, UK. She is the editor of hedgerow: a journal of small poems.
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tilting my head
to see the rainbow
in a spider’s web
—CAROLINE SKANNE
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Great pacing of the poem showing there is not always a need to 'cut' or to go into juxtaposition mode.
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A glorious salute to both rainbows and our often unsung heroes, the spiders! Karen names all of her's and is very particular about not disturbing them, as they can get frightened.
Beautiful, Caroline.
Thanks so much!
Very well done, thank you.
Thanks Peter!
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tilting my head
to see the rainbow
in a spider’s web
—CAROLINE SKANNE
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Great pacing of the poem showing there is not always a need to 'cut' or to go into juxtaposition mode.
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A glorious salute to both rainbows and our often unsung heroes, the spiders! Karen names all of her's and is very particular about not disturbing them, as they can get frightened.
Alan
Thanks so much, Alan!
PS Karen is awesome, giving them all names & a stress-free environment . . .
Liked your rainbow reference!
mute swan
circles the pond
ripples abound~~~
Thanks Mike!
Nice one.
Thanks Perry!
beautiful <3 <3
Thanks, Sriram!
Lovely work, a pleasure to read and reread.
oil slick – from the corner of my eye a fallen rainbow
Thanks Jane!
Beautiful images! I read it time and again. It is so tender and the crafting is poetically so divine.
spider web–
my thought caught
in between
Pravat Kumar Padhy
Publication Credit: Under the Basho, Inaugural Issue, Vol.1.1 Autumn 2013 (Ed. Don Baird)
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rainbow —
kids count
in chorus
Pravat Kumar Padhy
Publication Credit: A Hundred Gourds, 3:2 March 2014
thank you!
Effective use of zoom-in technique, Caroline, as the reader's viewpoint goes from the vastness of the sky down into a spider web. Nice.
marion
Thanks marion!
Leave it to you to make the presence of a spider appealing. You have no boundaries, Caroline.
Myke, thank you for stopping by!
PS 'no boundaries'—I hope that's a good thing (smiling)
Thanks so much Pravat! & for your lovely poems.
Congratulations Caroline. This poem is a rare treat. Thank you for the vision! xxxx <3
Thank you so much!