It’s Poetry Friday! Over the course of the day a huge group has celebrated with Laura at Author Amok. Like the White Rabbit in Alice in Wonderland, all week I’ve felt late. Too busy, at work and at home.So today I’m slowing down to post the beginning of a poem that helps me take a breath and think of cooler days coming. I am the spider, ready for everyone to stop swinging!Porch Swing in Septemberby Ted KooserThe porch swing hangs fixed in a morning sun that bleaches its gray slats, its flowered cushion whose flowers have faded, like those of …

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