Short Arachnid Poems

Behold a monster
Intricate wonders within
Weaving fragile threads...

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spooky spider legs
	waltz across a witch’s web ~
		creepy crawlies cringe...

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a cobweb in hearth...
clearing of dusty corners
...the arachnid flames

8/20/2018...

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Hanging
by a fine thread
on a gossamer welt;
the arachnid spins a web of
intrigue....

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attic spiral stair
an arachnid need to join
celestial stars...

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The itsy bitsy spider went up the water spout.
Along came the rain and washed the spider out...
Silly spider, of course he got washed out -
so now that arachnid can just sit and pout!...

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i have eight legs
i am an arachnid
delicate;exoskeletal 

you have two legs
you are a mammal
sloppy;squishy

yet it is i
with the stronger backbone
with the precise dexterity

who scuttles
who cowers on the wall
silk trailing

you with a newspaper
print odorous with ink
smashing in my wake...

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FAT ARACHNID
Wider Spider

LOTTERY WINNING MALLARD
Lucky Ducky

OVERWEIGHT GORILLA
Chunky Monkey

CLEVER FELINE
Witty Kitty

DRENCHED PUP
Soggy Doggy

JOKING RABBIT
Funny Bunny

RODENT BONNET
Rat Hat

PIG CABERNET
Swine Wine


ANIMAL KINGDOM FUN FOOTLES !
Written 6/7/2015...

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Life

gossamer threads spun
to trap prey
spider lies in wait

Death

arachnid injects venom
wasp wrapped in silk shroud
death comes quickly

Life 5,3,5 checked with HMS
death 3,5,3


Lune (Mixed Pair) Poetry Contest
Sponsored by William Kekaula

10/20/21...

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I have a little sting saved up for you
Because I am not fond of your species.
Most arachnids aren’t.
But I do not have to stay an arachnid.
I can shapeshift into knotted cords with lead spikes.
I can be found in the desert
Or in the Bible
Book of Kings.
My tail is treacherous 
Who am I?

















Scorpion...

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It's in there I know it is I saw it,
It made my skin crawl,
My mouth is dry,
Backing away not knowing what to do,
The family is out there is only the dog,
What should I do?
I'm terrified but I need the loo,
It's still in the bath I've seen it,
I look away it's no good it has to go,
The shower washes it down the plug hole,
Relief...

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Spine chilling
Predatory
Intrusive
Diabolical
Existing
Revolting creature



My inspiration for this poem is the huge spider I just saw outside on my garage door while I was out with my dog tonight.  I was in close proximity of what I believe is a wolf spider.  No, I am not an arachnid fan....

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And I love you so,
caught in a silver bow
in my cobwebbed mind

Searching for a way out,
spider webs of doubt
tie me painfully but kind…

Moonlight blazes
in your cold lovely gazes,
eyeing me with arachnid intent

Silence shatters
as a mild wind scatters
the shells of my body into the night

And I love you still,
not allowing to spill
my soul as we've joined into me...

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The rest of us
caught here
in the web
of a foreign arachnid

We prop up
his appendages
and force feed
his proboscis

Those of us
blinded here
by his pure
dark whiteness

Grope and slash
in the excrement
of his dying
putrefaction

In a world
good for others
they concentrate
us in harm

And our children
play in the backyard
of beyond
forever like
the rest of us...

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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 
and some 
are well known 
most black widows 
kill male when mating 



Dorian Petersen Potter 
aka ladydp2000 
copyright@2009

10.19.2014 ...

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The pink haired,
queen of the runway,
couldn’t handle
spiders in her boudoir.

When flying arachnid’s
trapeze was disrupted
for the fourth time;
arachnid moved into her 
favorite hatbox and laid eggs.

Upon discovering the squatters, 
Pink hair’s scream and subsequent faint,
sent eggs flying everywhere.

When she came around,
she quickly mastered…
tap dancing,
without one single lesson.
...

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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 microcosmical world.
Is its existence more trifling
than mine that occupies more space?
Perhaps not, in the scheme of things:
my universe among the stars
is imperceptibly smaller
than this occupants’ in my room....

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Autumn Arachnid Drink

Spider
Cider

The Bridge Spider

Spider
glider

The Goliath Birdeater

Wider
Spider

The Wolf Spiders’ Babies

Spider’s
Riders

An Aquatic Spider

Strider
Spider

Spider on Ice

Spider
Slider

Spider to Beware of

Spider
Hider

The Fickle Spider

Flighty
spidey

Cleanest Cobwebs in Town

Tidy
spidey

Daddy Long Legs

Fatty
Daddy

November 10, 2022
For 'A BRIAN STRAND PREMIERE CHOICE' Poetry Contest...

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Little Miss Muffet sat on her tuffet 
drinking a mocha late, 
but when that old spider sat down beside her
she pulled out her Mace and let spray!

That arachnid took flight to her great delight 
having learned his lesson in spades.
Miss Muffet was tough not made of fluff 
her skills on defense made the grade.

Now this comely young Miss did indeed want a kiss
but not from a hairy old bug. 
The romance she sought would be dearly bought
by a guy that she actually dug....

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