POETRY
An Ode to a Tubeworm
Oh Spirobranchus triqueter,
if my education had been better
I would have known your moniker,
as given by some past chronicler.
But instead I quietly observed
the rough ridges on your roving curves.
Perhaps we all should build a cave
to shield our softness from life’s waves?
by Nicki MacRae,
January 2023.
See the instagram post below for a narrated video version of the poem (sound on for audio).