Emergence

Sarah Russell

My thanks again to Corey Cook and Red Eft Review for publishing “Emergence.”

Today I saw a single silky thread from aspen 
to eaves. I traced it and watched a spider, 
backlit by the sun, weaving precise gossamer 
tendrils, interconnected. There’s a new hatch 
of dragonflies at our pond, the final leg 
of a year’s journey from egg to nymph to adult. 
It’s called Emergence—their last, fruitful days.
It’s what I feel after 80 years—an emergence 
of days, of seasons, each one savored,
and family—eggs, nymphs, adults—the intricacy 
of webs and silken threads.

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    1. Thanks so much, Rajani. I’ve been in a kind of slump about submitting, but finally I’ve started again, so there are a few more coming this spring. I’m not nearly as prolific as you have been with posts every day!

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