Kindred Spirit

In the early morning light
a tiny brown spider
outside the window pane
tosses wildly with the wind gusts
but doesn’t fall.

I have to get my glasses
to see the almost imperceptible
filaments that hold it up
lines so thin
even embroidery thread is wider
not nearly a web
just a few strands unbroken.

The creature
ceaselessly buffeted
swings suspended
hangs in there.

Karen Klein is a poet, dancer, and visual artist. Recent publications include The Drunken Boat, ScoutCambridge, the Aurorean, the anthology, Biting the Sun and forthcoming in Cape Cod Poetry Review and Pudding Magazine.

Karen performs spoken word with Tabula Rasa and Tobenfeld Mixed Media sessions and dance with Prometheus Dance Elders Ensemble, Across the Ages Dance.

A member of New England Sculptors Association, Galatea Fine Arts, and Steeple Street Poets, she divides her time between Cambridge and Mashpee, MA.