Friends By A Thread
William A. Tatum 1953 (Washington, D. C.)
Friends By A Thread
Up late at my desk
buried deep in a book,
when a caller dropped in
for perhaps a close look,
hanging mid-air
on the end of a thread
was a curious spider
in front of my head.
I was keenly amused
as he stayed in suspension,
this eight-legged creature
who got my attention.
The floating arachnid
who saw me below
felt the need to come down
just to say his "Hello".
This meeting became
an ongoing affair
with a nightly descending
from high in the air,
but our ritual came
to an unforeseen end
by the sudden departure
of my little friend.
Now I miss staying up
for my merry all-nighter
to be entertained
by that dangling spider,
as one night I discovered
while searching up high,
my friend went away
without saying "Goodbye".
~William
About this poem
This poem is about a resident spider I discovered dangling over my head while at my desk one night in my home. It became a nightly affair until the spider vanished.
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Written on November 03, 2023
Submitted by biltn1953 on November 03, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 789 |
Words | 166 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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