Tag Archives: Orb Weaver

Patience [Senryū]

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Photograph of an Orb Weaver spider taken in Taroko Gorge, Taiwan.
Spider builds its web 
 line by line, and then waits;
  I watch for two minutes.

Spiky-Legged Spider [Haiku]

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spider works its prey;
 its movement is beautiful.
  its spikes - less so.

Spider Gawker [Haiku]

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an orb weaver
sets its trap by trail’s edge, &
catches one gawker

Diligent Dangler [Haiku]

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the spider waits
at the edge of its web -
conspicuous, but still