Spin some lines
across these panes
so when threads 
are frosted, rain-dropped
I'll perceive something divine;
the unseen hand that guides
your silken labour

Am I being fanciful?
Is it only a trap,
a net for carcasses?
Why then such wonder
in the weave?

35 thoughts on “To a spider”

1. It may just be a trap… but why such beauty spun?

   1. exactly!

2. I love the double meaning we poets might find right there at the start: “spin these lines.” I love the ponderings here. Such beauty, and entrapment. 😉

   1. thank you De and for this prompt- yes could not resist that first line 😉

3. I love spinning words, fanciful or as a trap. Though I detest spiders, I love the divine musings from the silken labour.

   1. many thanks Grace for liking the lines though not the weaver

4. Great ode to a spider. Enjoyed every bit. 🙂

   1. thank you Kitty – your spider spun a metaphor!

5. I love spiders’ webs, well, looking at them. One year a spider made a web covering the entire door to the laundry room and I walked into it.😱

6. Spiders’ webs are amazing. I love the wordplay and the question at the end.

   1. thank you Merril – its such a great word to play with

      1. You’re welcome, Laura! It is.

7. a net for carcasses……….that bitter taste was the trap….mystical, clever, a myriad of reasonings..unfinished business here, for this is part of a bigger story

   1. yes Ain – part of the creation story! thank you for your thought-full feedback

8. Oh the words we weave and the spider’s web… beautifully done.

   1. many thanks -am happy with this one as it practically wove itself

9. Good questions, Laura.

   1. I like poetry as question, oftimes rhetorical!

10. Such an existential question:

    “why then such wonder

    in the weave”

    Why, indeed?

    Kudos for seeing and making me see such beauty in such a small thing. That’s a gift.

    1. thank you for taking on the message – and seeing!

11. I believe in Spider Woman myself–all life has the urge to creation, to beauty. (K)

    1. that is another way of looking at it – none can deny the beauty of those threads

       1. Indeed not.

12. To a prompt, such a well spun web.

    1. thank you Neil

13. If only all webs were so beautiful, our tall ceilings are festooned with the messy work of those long-legged, small bodied spiders… Great poem, Lara!

    1. yes it is the garden version 😉

       1. Sorry please forgive the typo…

14. There absolutely is wonder in the weave.

    1. sorry that the spam catcher caught you in its web for no good reason

15. A beautifully spun poem 🕷️💕

    1. thank you and for the visit

16. Beauty beware.

    1. “are you talking to me?” 😉 thank you Paul

       1. Ha, well now 🙂

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