I created this video poem with the help of Ken Gierke (rivrvlogr.com), who edited it. It’s published on MasticadoresUSA.
Dancing in midair
in delirium
without falling.
What holds me –
A leaf on a tiny thread
of a spider’s weaving?
Am I suspended
by my dizzying
uncertainty and fear?
Or is it
a divine umbilical beam
spinning me
in wild joy?
Is it both – the tether
of dubiety and divinity?
I cling
to the fluttering hope
of a spider’s grace.
YouTube Video: by Barbara Leonhard. Edited by Ken Gierke (rivrvlogr.com)
Featured Image: by Foto Reith, Pixabay
Barbara is author of Three-Penny Memories: A Poetic Memoir (EIF- Experiments in Fiction, 2022). A poem from this collection was nominated for a Pushcart Prize in 2022. Also, on Spillwords, Barbara was voted Author of the Month of October 2021, nominated Author of the Year for 2021, and recognized as a Spillwords Socialite of the Year in 2021. In November 2022, she became Editor for MasticadoresUSA. Barbara enjoys bringing writers together…
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