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Best Arachnid Poems

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Premium Member The Spider Arachnid
Covered in the jungles evergreen thickets, beneath
Stones and mortars refuge lays an old Mayan crypt,
And on it is written an ancient curse, dare not enter...

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© Cherl Dunn  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: arachnid, beauty, evil, fantasy, gothic,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Autumn Haiku
the season changes
trees have lost their green foliage ~
skeletal branches

autumn winds blowing
leaves pirouette in the air ~
gracefully landing

the sky is ablaze
with deep hues of red...

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Categories: arachnid, autumn, sun, tree,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Weave
A spider carefully plans and schemes
the pattern for its life and quest.
It spends its hours weaving dreams
until it creates its sticky best.

Its web is tatted...

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Categories: arachnid, death, dream, insect, life,
Form: Rhyme
No
No, 
not I,
I see clearly through
the rotten wedding veil,
clogged by cake turning stale,
framed by arachnid pageboys;
I see cracks on pale pink lacquer,
on the mannequin face...

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© Tony Bush  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: arachnid, death, health, life, loss,
Form: Verse
Whats Behind the Curtain
I used to dream of a dark hall. Dim. Empty with thick cheap navy curtains. 
The breeze. It felt hot and old. It shivered in...

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Categories: arachnid, anxiety, dark, dream, imagery,
Form: Free verse



Behind
I used to dream of a dark hall. Dim. Empty with thick cheap navy curtains. 
The breeze. It felt hot and old. It shivered in...

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Categories: arachnid, anxiety, depression, emo, suicide,
Form: Blank verse
Premium Member The Payload
"The Payload" 

The payload 
came crashing down
like rain expelled
from the fat belly 
of a ruinous pregnant cloud 
bilious with buxom promise

it came crashing down 
like...

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Categories: arachnid, fantasy, muse, mystery, symbolism,
Form: Narrative
Relativity
A microscopic arachnid
tinier than a poppy seed
spins diminutive filaments
barely visible to the eye;
a spiral silk lacework deathtrap
for infinitesimal prey
strung high between white cornered walls
in a...

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Categories: arachnid, philosophy, universe,
Form: Verse
Premium Member Spiders - the Butterfly Style
~Spiders~
(Butterfly)



They are arachnid
have two body parts
and eight legs
some have
venom
some kill
humans but
most catch insects
in a web of silk

Change little but size
spiders build webs
folks fears them
they are
many...

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Categories: arachnid, animal, dark, insect, scary,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Black Pearl
"Black Pearl" 

I was told,

I was like a grain of sand
that found its way in my 
mother’s ocean to a strange
home, where there within, 
I...

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Categories: arachnid, child, dark, light, love,
Form: Narrative
8 Vs 2
"Aaagh", a yelp for help pierces the air.
I rush in my underwear to stop and stare.
For there in the empty bath, he sits and laughs,...

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Categories: arachnid, conflict, fear, funny, insect,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Arachne
ARACHNE

Athena, 
Goddess of Wisdom
In the heavenly arena,
Weaver of skill 
Was believing
That none could match 
The beauty of her weaving.
But a young mortal maid, Arachne,
Showed weaving...

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Categories: arachnid, beautiful, hate, imagery, metaphor,
Form: Light Verse
Premium Member Dream Weaver's Web - Cahokia Madison County Illinois Usa
The heat hung on the spiders webs
tinsel from tree limbs
taunt between gargantuan boles
the golden hour lay garland on silken floss 
with its intrepid arachnid host.

Dream...

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Categories: arachnid, faith, introspection, native american,
Form: Idyll (Idyl)
Premium Member Blue Avians and the Poetic State of Mind
"Blue Avians and the Poetic State of Mind 

post apocalypse
the mother 
sought the assistance
of Blue Avians.

when it came to 
eggs stolen from a nest
who better...

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Categories: arachnid, muse, psychological, symbolism, war,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Murdering Pluto
"Murdering Pluto" 

On Pluto, 
they deal with trauma
in the best possible way,
they murder it slowly 
in poetic hell 
day after day.

the dark Seraphim
have their way....

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Categories: arachnid, dark, muse, mystery, psychological,
Form: Narrative

Book: Reflection on the Important Things