She spins her intricate web
Perfectly positioned between bending branches.
Invisible to unsuspecting insects, she waits.
Dinner is served.
Effort rewarded, hunger satisfied, she
Rests.
“Spider” by Pat Simmons
3 CommentsShe spins her intricate web
Perfectly positioned between bending branches.
Invisible to unsuspecting insects, she waits.
Dinner is served.
Effort rewarded, hunger satisfied, she
Rests.
Australian Children’s Poetry 
Cleverly done Pat. I love it.
A poem deceptively simple, but skilfully shaped and beautifully expressed. I enjoyed it immensely. Thanks, Pat.
Oooh Pat, Lovely, with its gaps in the text that let the unsaid fact that something (us?) has been caught and eaten creep in. Where do our sympathies lie? Shuddersomely delightful. Congratulations!