Caught<\/p>\n
\n <\/p>\n
Unnecessarily, the spider wraps another layer
\naround the motionless fly.<\/p>\n
tangled
\nfishing lines\u2014
\nagain he tells me
\nhe\u2019s afraid
\nI will leave him<\/p>\n
\n
\n
\n <\/p>\n
\u00a0“Caught” was previously published in A Hundred Gourds.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Seren Fargo<\/a>, once a wildlife researcher with the U.S. Forest Service, is now a writer and photographer. She primarily writes Japanese-form poetry and is founder\/coordinator of the Bellingham Haiku Group<\/a> and teaches haiku writing to classes and private students. Her work has won several awards, including the Washington Poets Association<\/a>\u2019s Porad Haiku Contest<\/a>, and has been published in many journals in the U.S. and internationally, including Clover, A Literary Rag<\/a>. Her writing largely reflects her passion for the natural world and her struggles with chronic illness and loss. She lives in a poetic rural setting in Bellingham\u00a0with her three cats.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Caught Unnecessarily, the spider wraps another layer around the motionless fly. tangled fishing lines\u2014 again he tells me he\u2019s afraid I will leave him \u00a0“Caught” was previously published in A Hundred Gourds. Seren … Continue reading