a dead spider sways in silk threads
with mummied gnats and flies
food for eternity
– Sarah Russell
First published in Three Line Poetry
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For the d’Verse prompt “brevity”
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Never thought about writing a piece about spiders, but you just demonstrated not only that it can be done, but it can be done well.
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Thanks so much! And do try a poem about spiders. They’re cool critters!
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They are. I will.
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I am glad I’m not the only one who thinks that way about spiders. 🙂
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When I made sculpted dolls in another lifetime, one of my favorites was Spider Woman from the Dineh and Hopi traditions. Do you know her story? Here is a synopsis. http://www.mythencyclopedia.com/Sp-Tl/Spider-Woman.html
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I knew of Spider Woman but not all those details of her story. Thank you! Fascinating. (But a serious mistake on her part, I think, to give religion into the keeping of men.)
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Right on!
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Thanks, Nan.
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They are all food in the web even the spider. Nice haiku.
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Thanks, Frank. It doesn’t meet all the standards for traditional haiku, and I didn’t write it with that intent, but I guess it does fit, doesn’t it. It was published by Three Line Poems, and they don’t specify haiku, but it’s a great venue for short poems.
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It’s really not a haiku and in various ways doesn’t “fit”, yet it does in some other ways have a haiku-like feeling. Above all, it is a most exquisite poem!
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She doesn’t even need a pyramid 🙂
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…but I’ll bet she wouldn’t turn one down. Spiders are like that…
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She could build one if she wanted to but webs catch the light so much better 🙂
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Ooh, eerie. But I guess not unlike keeping meat in the icebox;)
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The spider just prefers jerky, but no difference really. 🙂
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I love this and plan to share it. I love compression, and your three lines capture everything that needs to be said in a novel way. Now I want to go back to the Egyptian exhibit at my art museum. Alarie
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Thanks so much, Alarie! Funny what seeing embalmed flies will inspire, isn’t it. I love Three Line Poems. Have you submitted there?
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Wow! Just wow! The dead spider with mummified food to take to the other side….frozen in the web of time. Well done!
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Thanks a lot, Lillian.
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Excellent! Spiders are cool critters. It is sad that this queen of stabbings has become good for others. Me all done!
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Well done! My spell check gets screwy.
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Thanks, Toni. I kinda liked Me all done. My autocorrect doesn’t have that good a sense of humor!
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It seems to me you have compared the spider to the great kings of Egypt in their tombs.
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Or maybe great queens… 🙂
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all packed for the long journey.
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Yup!
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I love this, Sarah. Makes me think of the Pharaohs.
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Thanks, Jane!
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Just like King Tut ! A dead spider in a web.. interesting!
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Thanks a lot, Dwight!
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Buried like a Pharaoh.
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Appropriate for a regal spider, I think. Thanks for stopping by, Paul.
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What I meant to comment got said in comments on others’ comments instead. It inly remains to thank you for pointing us to the Three Line Poetry site. I love short forms and will def check them out.
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Great, Rosemary. Some really good poems there, and I love short poems too.
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food for thought Sarah – has the lightest of touches like spun thread
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Thanks so much, Laura.
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Planning for a future that never came
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But maybe you CAN take it with you! Thanks for reading, Debi!
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I enjoy this unique take on a scene that could feel unpleasant but expands with humour and eternity.
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Thanks so much, Janice. I’m glad you enjoyed it.
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This is unique, Sarah!
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Thanks, Sara. Kind of wrote itself. Love it when that happens.
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Yes, sometimes lightning strikes.
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thought provoking poem, made me wonder if the mummified solvents did preserve them for eternity? spiders are such interesting creatures.
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I imagine that the spider didn’t want to eat spoiled meat, so something is preserving them. Yes, I find spiders fascinating — when they’re not in the bathtub. I’m naked in there! I just started following your blog. Will look forward to your posts.
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thank you for the follow Sarah, this time round the prompts at dverse have brought such interesting posts and people. I am enjoying the new introductions. lovely to meet you here, I will be reading your posts in the coming week too. oh those spiders are very sneaky! they do like cool places and yes we find them in the shower a lot!
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Oh my! This is so good…..and creepy. Love the use of “mummied”. Nature isn’t always pretty.
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Thanks, Mish. No, not always pretty, but almost always utilitarian.
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