the strings of gossamer – v7

She sat with Jesus, her beloved,
held within her loving arms,
the crucified body of Christ
our Messiah, Mary’s baby boy.
 
Her gaze given a new focus,
ensnared in strings of gossamer,
obscuring the body of Christ
in the words of the spider.
 
Speaking in lines that she drew,
painted on the face of the Madonna;
Her visage of sadness set off,
in the meshed strings of gossamer.
 
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Edited January 21, 2024
the strings of gossamer – v7
 
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Edited January 21, 2024
Like a dryer sheet – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/like-dryer-sheet-v2.html
&
Edited January 21, 2024
A Saturated Membrane – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/01/a-saturated-membrane-v2.html
&
Edited December 23, 2023
droplets heavy on the gossamer – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/12/droplets-heavy-on-gossamer-v4.html
Edited November 19, 2023
droplets heavy on the gossamer – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/11/droplets-heavy-on-gossamer-v3.html
Edited January 14, 2023
droplets heavy on the gossamer – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/01/droplets-heavy-on-gossamer-v2.html
Edited December 15, 2022
droplets heavy on the gossamer
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/12/droplets-heavy-on-gossamer.html
Edited December 12, 2022
December 10, 2022
the droplets heavy on the gossamer
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-droplets-heavy-on-gossamer.html
after reading, “Mushroom” by Mary Oliver
&
August 28, 2019
Like a dryer sheet
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/08/like-dryer-sheet.html
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edited October 28, 2015
the strings of gossamer – v6
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/the-strings-of-gossamer-v6.html
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/the-strings-of-gossamer-v6_28.html
(editing original)
renamed/edited September 3, 2015
her strings of gossamer
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/09/her-strings-of-gossamer.html
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/09/her-strings-of-gossamer_3.html
(editing “the strings of gossamer - v3”)
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edited July 7, 2015
the strings of gossamer – v5
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/07/the-strings-of-gossamer-v5.html
(editing original)
edited March 28, 2015
a veil of her sorrow – v9
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/03/a-veil-of-her-sorrow-v9.html
(editing version 4)
edited March 28, 2015
a veil of her sorrow – v8
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/03/a-veil-of-her-sorrow-v2.html
(editing version 2)
edited March 28, 2015
a veil of her sorrow – v7
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/03/a-veil-of-her-sorrow-v7.html
(editing version 6, adding one more stanza)
edited January 21, 2015
the strings of gossamer – v4
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/01/the-strings-of-gossamer-v4.html
(editing original again)
edited January 21, 2015
a veil of her sorrow – v6
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/01/a-veil-of-her-sorrow-v6.html
(editing original again)
edited October 24, 2014
the strings of gossamer – v3
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/10/the-strings-of-gossamer-v3.html
edited October 14, 2014
the strings of gossamer – v2
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/10/the-strings-of-gossamer-v2.html
edited October 14, 2014
a veil of her sorrow – v5
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/10/a-veil-of-her-sorrow-v5.html
(editing version 4)
edited October 4, 2014
a veil of her sorrow – v4
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/10/a-veil-of-her-sorrow-v4.html
(editing original again)
edited October 4, 2014
a veil of her sorrow – v3
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/10/a-veil-of-her-sorrow-v3.html
(editing version 2)
Edited September 8, 2013
a veil of her sorrow – v2
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/09/a-veil-of-her-sorrow-v2.html
new poem September 8, 2013
a veil of her sorrow
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/09/a-veil-of-her-sorrow.html
typed September 7, 2013
the strings of gossamer
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/09/the-strings-of-gossamer.html
June 4, 2013
picture by Rakesh Chandode
of “Lamentation of Christ” statue
Prague, Czech Republic
Czechoslovakia
with spider web,
http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lf0vxpXUCw1qzq8eto1_400.png
page 11 of January 2012
National Geographic
&
July 22, 2010
A Saturated Membrane
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2010/07/saturated-membrane.html
walking on Maple Street, near High Street,
Pembroke, NH
about 8:00am
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July 30, 2007 15:18
A Spider Waits
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2007/07/spider-waits.html
 
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