Catchtrap.

 

Catchtrap.

 

Crouched in viewing the shivering cobweb

craftily spanning a waterfall's edge

I saw fine precision-knifed filaments

cunningly strung with infinite wisdom.

A weightless weapon of swinging steel,

death-celled bed spun on gossamer wheel.

That devilish duvet of glistening gauze

betokened real craft as the spider paused

then in obscurity tensed for success,

alert with magnetic insect suppression.

Hairily silent as tensile wires, cleverly glued

met miniscule life of wriggling food

that by moving caught death in but seconds

while spider gave fly lethal injections.

As water's curtain cascaded to ground

and whirling catch-trap spun victim around

fed spider wiped mouth, cleaned sticky legs,

repaired any holes and prepared for the next.

Reviews

[Simbles]

only 100 I'v ever given.

Not to wordy

very concise

effortless form

perfect flow

100% content with this content.

Beautiful.

Would love it if you read some of mine and see what you think ^__^

[wordman]

makes you wonder,they are very gifted in building that web

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Woah! I loved the flow. Poesia now gives ideas about all kind of poetry apart from the ones I've been reading since years. This is catchy! Shivering and great! I'm saving this for the next issue. :) Thank for dropping this on Poesia. I'm sending read requests to my friends so they can enjoy this too.
Keep up with you awesome write.

[Neville]

This is so poetographic it sent shivers up n down my spine, which must mean it is bloomin darn good...

[Fay Slimm]

Ha - - set ya all ashiver then eh ? Well that's a win win achievement methinks -- thanks a load for your stirring review mon ami............

[Neville]

my pleasure entirely Fay... and Seasons Best to thee....

[John the Baptist]

I think Mr. Darwin would have liked this one. Nature is definitely not sentimental. And yet, there is a strange beauty co-existing with the struggle for survival. Spiders, though predators, are nature's architects, and their web creations, as depicted here, are both beautiful and practical. A nicely rhymed word picture here, illustrating two apparently opposite, yet complementary facets of our world.

[Fay Slimm]

Just caught your review John and many thanks for your encouraging words on Catchtrap - 'twas an honour indeed to be thought to please Darwin with my little word-picture.

[barleygirl]

Your description of a fly being trapped in a web is unique & full of sparkling details . . . I could picture it vividly. But this is also a compelling way to think about many aspects of living . . . in this spider-eats-fly world *sigh!* I find it interesting how your wording feels like heavy artillary, whereas the spider & web do this magic in a seemingly subtle & ephemeral way (((HUGS))) Fondly, Margie

[Fay Slimm]

Yes Margie - I tried to portray the incredible cunning and guile of the spider as a picture of those who live to trap and kill even metaphorically
any vulnerability that lies in their path...... great to have your review my friend and glad you saw the two-sided message in Catchtrap.

[florahmelda]

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[jacob erin-cilberto]

the gossamer circles of the web...i am always blown away how beautifully the spider creates its web...
and yet in that beauty...is the kill, the victim fly, wriggling, fearing, screaming, Help me Help me.
there is beauty in destruction...or vice-versa...humans are often so similar...your poem exposes this with excellent allegory.
j.

[Fay Slimm]

You are so right jacob - the piece tried to give the side destructive beauty and am pleased you saw that in the allegory too. Thank you for your visit and review of Catchtrap.