POEM

A Start

by Elaine Equi

The
    silver
          hour

drops—

a spider
on the mirror.

          *

Silver
the hour

like drops
of a spider's
mirror.

          *

The silver drops,
the spider's hour,
the mirror...

This poem originally appeared in the November 2008 issue of Poetry.

November 2008 issue of Poetry Magazine

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