a descent into poetry insanity |
I was looking for silk, gradient lace weight yarn for a shawl, so I looked and found almond milk and spiders and mulberry trees and worms, or rather larvae of moths who spin in the hopes of finding wings—and flying In a second, a butterfly will flap its wings about twelve times and travel about two and a half meters. Butterfly is Psyche in Greek, who was also the wife of Eros, who nearly lost him through her curiosity, standing over him with a candle to find his face when she promised she'd keep the lights off. Candle power measures the intensity of light. Beeswax makes the best candles. In a second, a bee will beat its wings about two-hundred fifty times and travel about three meters. Bees dance to communicate. When I was very young, I dressed as a bee with my class and danced. I stopped in the middle to give another girl a hug because she was crying. Once, my sister danced as a butterfly. She had silk wings. April 6— Rabbit hole—start a poem on one topic, and let it lead you down a “rabbit hole” of discovery, burrowing into various topics, and maybe ending far, far away from where you started. |