The Web

A spider awaits a butterfly As it comes fluttering by It's caught in the silken trap and struggles as its wings flap Battling for survival under blue skies The spider moves in for the kill As the butterfly struggles still It escapes the silky threads Soars to freedom with wings spread As it floats by the daffodils

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Suzanne Delaney

Date: 4/7/2013 10:11:00 PM

You have captured this so well. It is always great to see them escape..... once I even helped one.

Sheri Fresonke Harper

Date: 3/27/2013 6:42:00 PM

Joseph, love the web poem, shows how life interacts in just a tiny, lovely place.

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 1/3/2013 6:37:00 PM

I can't decide which of the two versions I prefer. Maybe this one. It's not quite limerick meter in the middle lines of the stanzas, but I sure do like it!

Joseph May
Date: 1/4/2013 5:27:00 AM

Thanks Andrea ....I have to work on that

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 1/3/2013 12:04:00 PM

hey you fooled me, I thought it was gonna be a poem about the internet, but instead I was more pleasantly rewarded with this sweet story of a butterfly's escape from harm!

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 1/3/2013 11:15:00 AM

I am not so fond of spiders, but it makes me yearn for a nice summer day ...... oxox / / Anne-Lise :)

Joseph May
Date: 1/3/2013 3:12:00 PM

thank you Anne ..