The Spider On The Gatepost
Lunar Eclipse/Full Moon in Scorpio Poetry Slam May 5, 2023
Good morning, friends!
Here is my Lunar Eclipse/Full Moon in Scorpio poem. You can find the word list for this poem here if you’d like to write one, too! Remember this is not a poem about full moons it’s just a poem using the words in the list in the order they are in. If you have no idea what I’m talking about, please read this post that explains what a “word poem” is and the directions for how to participate.
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The Spider On The Gatepost
By AstroMommy
Neck hanging down
Heavy with the kind of sadness that grows from the depths
daring a groan
a nefarious temper
let it go, she says
the spider on the gatepost
you look up
but there’s safety in the shadows of your heart
you can yearn there without worry
cry there without fear
laugh there without judgment
the old has to leave to make room for the new
world to come into being
but in which direction will it come?
Be open, she says
The spider on the gatepost
You watch her
Weaving and spinning
her web over the little screw holding the boards
together
You navigate around
Careful not to get her web on you
As you walk through the opening
For you are not afraid of the spiders of the Earth
Only the spiders of your dreams
But you do have a healthy respect for their home
And realize
The existential threat that your hands could cause to their life
Honestly,
You are more afraid of what lies on the other side
You hesitate
Foot hovering in the air
Just outside the threshold
Listen, she says
The spider on the gatepost
You oblige her
And what you hear pulls you forward
Draws your foot to the earth
Foot after foot after foot
Further down the path
You look back
Look ahead, she says
The spider on the gatepost
And then she’s gone…
Until Friday,
AstroMommy
Previous word lists can be found in this master post.
Previous Word Poems by AstroMommy:
You Are A Mirror (Word Poem #1—1st poem-New Moon in Taurus/Full in Scorpio)
My Eggs Are Perfect (Word Poem #1—2nd poem-New Moon in Taurus/Full in Scorpio)
The Biggest Hill (Word Poem #2—New Moon in Gemini/Full in Sag)
You, Up? (Word Poem #3-New Moon in Cancer/Full in Capricorn)
How Do The Stars Speak? (Word Poem #4-New Moon in Leo/Full in Aquarius)
On The Beach In Fall (Word poem #5—New Moon in Virgo/Full in Pisces)
I Smell Like Peppermint (poetry/free write in place of a word poem for New Moon in Libra/Full Moon in Aries)
Terrible Poem (Word poem #6—New Moon in Scorpio/Full Moon in Taurus)
Broken Thoughts Spew Across The Page (Word poem #6, again…)
I did not post any poems for lists 7,8, or 9.
The Dream Garden (Word poem #10—New Moon in Pisces/Full Moon in Virgo)
beyond the wall, a torch burns brightly (Word poem #11—New Moon in Aries/Full Moon in Libra)