A Web of Flow & Hatch
A network of shadow
shed
on
the
bottom of
the forest stream
hatch pebbles
tiny fish
insects
A vast
design
an upsurge
of
thou-
sands
a crisscross pattern of
filtered
flow
drifts in the light Stirrings of
air result
in
stilled
loose
leaves, stems cemented to
rocks in the swirling
currents and
steep slant
of
spawning
~ Erasure of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring, p 130-1
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What a wonderful way to compact Carson’s thoughts on nature! Thanks for sharing 🙂
You’re welcome, Katrina!
I especially love the beginning and ending of this poem, Karen
Thank you, Nancy!
Will there be an Erasure book holding these gems, Karen? Sign me up!
Well, I have two more collections I’m working on first. Then we’ll see.
Delicious
I really like your erasure poems. You are able to see beyond the fillers and distill the real point of things.
Thank you, Victoria.
I love how the title illuminates the form!