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spider gone
spider gone let me tell you about Susiethe little spider who hassince the days of confinementall those months agomade her home in a secluded cornerof my smallest room when I returnedafter spending August in Scotland(here there is an excess of … Continue reading
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Tagged abandoned, glasgow high street, poem, poetry, postcard, red sandstone tenement, spider, susie
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my spider, again
Click here to hear the poet read his words: my spider, again I wonder what she hears when I speak to her the little spider who now shares my home I address her in French of course it seems somehow … Continue reading
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Tagged affection, brogue, empathy, foreign tongue, poem, poetry, spider, west of Scotland
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do spiders sleep
Click here to hear the poet read his words: do spiders sleep when I first saw Susie busying herself in a shaded protected corner of a very small room in my apartment she was no bigger legs included than the … Continue reading
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Tagged different culture, difficult times, french, mosquito, mother tongue, philosophical question, poem, poetry, spider
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