Friday, February 25, 2011

Spider Speaks: An Original Animal Mask Poem


I'm sorry that I haven't posted in a week. I've been busy getting things organized for my mother's 93rd birthday party!


Here's a picture I took of my mother
and my cousin Joyce
at my daughter's wedding last July.
Happy Birthday, Mom!!!

In addition, I'm now a regular guest blogger at Jonathan Turley's law blog (I post there every weekend). I'm sure that most people who frequent Wild Rose Reader know that I'm a poetry junkie. I'm also a political junkie. I try to keep my poetry blogging and my political blogging separate--so let me just say I'd been busy doing research for a couple of my Turley "Blawg" posts. I will tell you that I've been very interested in what has been going on in Wisconsin and I try to read everything I can on the subject--as well as watch news updates on the situation in that state. I'm a former teacher. I stand with the union demonstrators in Madison.


I didn't have much time this week to write poetry or to do any poetry book reviews--so I'm posting Spider Speaks--which I wrote for a collection of animal masks poems that is still unpublished.


SPIDER SPEAKS

I’M a spinner.
I’M a weaver.
I’M a clever bug deceiver.

Of silver silk
I build my snare
And clueless insects blunder there.

I’m crafty, sly.
I use my head…
And yards and yards of sticky thread!
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Sara Lewis Holmes has the Poetry Friday Roundup at Read Write Believe.
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7 comments:

  1. jamaFebruary 25, 2011 at 1:18 PM

    Cool spider poem! Love "clever bug deceiver."

    Happy Birthday to your Mom (who looks pretty in pink)!

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  2. SaraFebruary 25, 2011 at 1:55 PM

    Like Jama, I'm tickled by that third line. Hee. Such nice rhythm, and we fall right into it, like a spider trap. :)

    Happy Birthday, Elaine's wonderful mom!

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  3. UnknownFebruary 25, 2011 at 4:01 PM

    Great poem!!

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  4. AnonymousFebruary 25, 2011 at 11:43 PM

    Wonderful work as always, Elaine - and I agree that the third line is especially splendid!

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  5. MarjorieFebruary 26, 2011 at 6:40 PM

    I like the "I use my head" wordplay - glad you didn't have time to put together anything else ;-)

    And a very Happy Birthday to your mother.

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  6. Mary LeeMarch 5, 2011 at 5:27 AM

    Another great mask poem!!

    Happy birthday to your mom!

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  7. laurasalasMarch 7, 2011 at 9:04 AM

    Love this, esp

    Of silver silk
    I build my snare


    Yum!

    And happy bday to your mom!

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