silk stays
entwine the light
suns
moons
and stars
balked luminous wings
lie tethered
all captive unmoving
fog tumbles down like night
webs thick spun
where cables split the sea
fragile boats float
bronze bells ring
under grey nets spread
from the spider’s bed
wind roams the sunless sky
moans through steel wires
squints at silk stillness
shimmering wings web-wound -
venomous strikes extracting
the moon’s glow
Theodore E. Hovey is 73 years old and retired. His interests include poetry, reading, photography, and travel. He was born and raised in southern Wyoming, spent four years in the U.S. Navy, 40 years in the San Francisco Bay area, then went on to Puget Sound, Port Orchard, Washington.
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5 Responses to “THE BRIDGE • by Theodore E. Hovey”
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February 18th, 2012 at 3:54 pm
Very nice. Your poems always make wonder if I live on the wrong side of the Sound.
February 19th, 2012 at 7:03 am
I rarely comment on these poems, so many are not worth it. But I can see this scene and I love the poem–5 stars in my opinion. A wonderful poet…
February 19th, 2012 at 9:32 am
Thank you for your comments guys. The poem was intended to be somewhat abstract. Generate feelings about possibilities. I was worried it might be to abstract.
February 22nd, 2012 at 1:34 pm
I love this one, Theodore. :]
February 22nd, 2012 at 5:42 pm
Love the surreal layers in this. Enjoyed!