Joseph May Poet Limerick

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 April 7, 2013 at 10:11 PM You have captured this so well. It is always great to see them escape..... once I even helped one.

Sheri Fresonke Harper March 27, 2013 at 6:42 PM Joseph, love the web poem, shows how life interacts in just a tiny, lovely place.

Andrea Dietrich January 3, 2013 at 6:37 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 January 4, 2013 at 5:27 AM Thanks Andrea ....I have to work on that

Andrea Dietrich January 3, 2013 at 12:04 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 January 3, 2013 at 11:15 AM I am not so fond of spiders, but it makes me yearn for a nice summer day ...... oxox / / Anne-Lise :) Joseph May January 3, 2013 at 3:12 PM thank you Anne ..