#a poem about spiders

[evadneares]

"I'm sorry. I killed a spider.

I trapped him under a cup

And meant to slip some paper under

Take it outside and shake him off,

Free him.

But I forgot,

got distracted.

And when I saw the cup days later,

I realised what I had done.

I left it there for a month.

I didn't want to see him balled, warped little carcass,

The consequences of my distraction,

My lazinezz.

I don't kill bugs

it makes me feel guilty.

Just because I'm bigger doesn't mean I should get the final

Say, on a tiny life.

And when I forced myself to lift the cup after a month

I expected to see him curled, dead on the counter,

But there was nothing there.

So I turned it over;

And saw a ghostly silver web woven in the lip of the cup.

And the spider, resting, dead on top of it.

I sat and cried on the kitchen floor.

In his last moments,

He tried to make a home

Of the darkness I gave him.

@/cosima.333 on tiktok, The Spider Poem" (thank you for finding the author @kaatiba)

#writing #writers and poets #writerscommunity #writers on tumblr #creative writing #literature #writers #writer things #quotes #tiktok poem #a poem about spiders #the spider poem #empathy #kindness #little lives #nature

[padawansuggest]

Mace: *dragging Kenobi and Vos out of the slam poetry night by their tunic collars and stops Tholme and Jinn from leaving them behind* No, you heard our rules after last week’s incident, they’ve been banned!

Qui-Gon: *ready to argue* What in the galaxy could my sweet baby padawan have done to get kicked out?

Tholme: I must admit, despite Jinn’s willful ignorance, I understand that mine could get banned, but he never mentioned it so I would like to know what he did.

Mace: Obi-Wan wrote a poem about a galaxy wide war that gave seventeen people True Visions and I had a shatterpoint migraine till last night. So for him it’s either me or him in that room and I’m the host so it’s me.

Qui-Gon: *taking a sheepish Obi-Wan into his arms for a pity cuddle cause that poem had led to like four straight days of council sessions and an enslaved Dathomiri child being found in a senator’s house on Naboo* To be fair. Obi-Wan had some good points.

Tholme: I’m scared to ask. What did mine do?

Mace: He didn’t write a poem so he went up to the mic and started licking it. It was the most disgusting noise I ever heard. If he gets near a mic I might have to drop kick him. Safer for him out here.

Tholme: *deep sigh of sadness* Yeah that sounds like something he’d do.

#star wars #obi wan kenobi #incorrect star wars quotes #master tholme #qui gon jinn #quinlan vos #Obi’s cursed poem was about a spider that made his master take a nap :) #yes he also had a five minute seizure after the poem was done

[genderkoolaid]

my grandma just told me a story abt how her brother in law woke up one morning to a man sleeping on their couch, because their neighborhood left doors unlocked regularly & unhoused people would use that as an opportunity to find a safe place to sleep for the night. and like obv i can understand why thats scary crime exists etc etc but also like. its insane to me how our society trains us to view it as "scary bad stranger man invading!!!!!" and not "my neighbor who didn't want to have to sleep on a bench in the cold where anyone, such as a cop, could harass or hurt them, possibly with the law on their side, and be completely exposed to the elements." like who can fucking blame them. its hard to say how you would react in a situation you haven't ever encountered but my first thought hearing this was to ask if he was okay or if he wanted something to eat. and then i realized there are a lot of people who would tell this story indistinguishably from "i saw a huge gross spider in the bathroom so i hit with a book until it stopped moving!!!!!"

#to be clear i am Also against violent spider murder whenever possible!!!!!!! #insects are ur neighbors too etc etc remove safely when u can #smth smth that poem about god please dont let someone kill me for the crime of being small #m.

[whaliiwatching]

finally my obsession with zoot suits becomes useful

#spider man: across the spider verse #spider punk #spider noir #hobie brown #noirpunk #DO YOU GUYS KNOW ABOUT ZOOT SUITS #they’re fascinating the history is just. ouujhghghghhh i love it #not to mention the silhouette??? the chain???? fuck yeah #plus… green carnation… wink wink #green carnations as a subtle queer symbol also fell out of use round the 20s i think but i like it so #also zoot suits are technically a late 30s/40s thing if i remember right but leT ME HAVE THIS #theyre going on a date to a langston hughes reading <333 #yknow how every spidey seems to have a borough?? like miles has brooklyn and gwen has chelsea #well. noir has harlem #IMAGINE IT. NOIR RIGHT IN THE THICK OF THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE #I NEED IT TO BE REAL #im so happy i get to incorporate my interest in the roarin 20s #into this magnificent ship. fucking fantastic for me #poem on hobie is love again blues by literally guess

[the-modern-typewriter]

I fuckin love that shit with the spores and the professor. I’m not necessarily asking for a sequel, I’d just love to see you write more “people’s minds falling to cosmic horrors” shit. sick fuckin stuff bro 👌

"We are but spiders to the eyes of gods," the antagonist rasped. "Clever and creative and necessary..." Their eyes were lost; too heartbroken for mania, too seething for hollowness. They smiled, a twisted thing. "Tiny, terrifying things to be stamped out and driven away by any means necessary."

The protagonist swallowed hard. They strained again, uselessly, against the web of ropes keeping them pinned. Trapped. Splayed upon the altar of something ancient.

The antagonist plucked up a knife, almost gently, examining the glint of it in the vast and endless moonlight.

"You are a faithful creature," the antagonist said. "You know we all must do the work of the gods."

"What you saw was not a god!"

"Perhaps not. We can conceive of gods. We can call them by name, even if we should know better than to cry out for their attention in the holy dark. But my god..." They shivered, fingers flexing around the knife. "Oh my god." They laughed. A giggle. A lunacy.

"You don't have to do this," the protagonist said. "You - if I'm insignificant - please -"

"-You should have stayed in your corner, as all good spiders do. You should have not have come into the light, where they had to look at your exquisite wretchedness. You scared them."

The antagonist moved closer.

They did not look changed from what the protagonist had come to find. It would have been better if they looked changed. Unrecognisable. Taken.

But they only looked lost, and small, and world-ending.

"I promise you," the antagonist said softly, as they pressed the sacrificial knife to the protagonist's throat, "that this is kindness."

#cosmic horror #horror #writing #short story #flash fiction #creative writing #idk #there's that poem about spiders #story #writeblr

[salovie]

You deserve to rest

but you’re made of midnight things—

indigo and fangs,

a vanishing soul—

and night-graced heroes

know how to lift the lonely:

swing your heart-led sword of hope

and kill the demons for them.

#poetry #napowrimo #napowrimo 2024 #prompt #write a poem about a superhero #why yes I did write a poem about my beloved Kurt Wagner #I just finished uncanny spider-man last night so this was a no brainer #x men #kurt wagner #nightcrawler

[devilfic]

being arachnophobic and writing fic that requires basic knowledge of spiders is like "google how do spiders do- AH! how do spiders- AH!! google can spiders- AH!!!!!!"

#i had to do this for miguel last year #there's this poem about a spider apologizing for scaring someone into killing it and when I looked it up there were just PICTURES #GAHHHHHH #anyway this will be relevant tomorrow when I post what im talking abt #mjspeaks

[nohugsgiven]

Holzhausen, Germany

#photography #i took these! #idk what core this is but thinking about the spider poem again #nature #this was on a barely visible trail off the beaten path #and i was listening to the new koan sound album #transcendental experience

[hostess-of-horror]

Does anyone remember that one children's book called "The Spider and The Fly" where it has Tony DiTerlizzi's illustrations in it?

Well, I just got myself a copy of the book yesterday, and now that I have it...

I'm now shipping these two.

#I know that the whole point of the poem is about Stranger Danger #but this story's got the wrong audience #and no one is going to stop me they're so fucking cUTE #Spider x Fly #the spider and the fly #tony diterlizzi #gothic horror #mary howitt #children's book #childhood memory

[evadneares]

"She asks me to kill the spider.

Instead, I get the most

peaceful weapons I can find.

I take a cup and a napkin.

I catch the spider, put it outside

and allow it to walk away.

If I am ever caught in the wrong place

at the wrong time, just being alive

and not bothering anyone,

I hope I am greeted

with the same kind

of mercy."

Rudy Francisco, "Helium"

#writing #writers and poets #writerscommunity #writers on tumblr #creative writing #literature #writers #writer things #quotes #women writers #rudy francisco #helium #the spider poem #a poem about spiders #mercy #kindness

[faultsofyouth]

I know artists are capable of creating narratives that are totally unrelated to their own lives but I HATE that "death of the artist" is the preferred way of analyzing the meaning of art. I think when an artist is black or female or living through war or disabled or gay that matters. It colors their entire life. How can you divorce those things from their art entirely? I think the viewers own interpretation of a piece becomes deeper when they incorporate the artists perspective into it, and everyone should be taught how to do so

#of course theres a difference between interpreting the artists intention and insisting that your interpretation is what they meant #but still. i think many things become more meaningful in context than they ever are alone #guernica is a very famous example of this. its a powerful anti war painting but it means nothing to me when i look at it #because i didnt live through the war in spain. its only with That context that the painting takes on meaning #but my favorite example of this is a poem that rudy francesco wrote about spiders after george floyd died #its a sweet poem about spiders but its not really about spiders at all. but you could only know that hidden meaning #it you know francesco is black and wrote it in a time of rampant police violence. the context adds so much #and i dont think guernica or that poem are completely incomprehensible without the authors context #but im glad i know the context i think more people should want to know Why an artist made something #i think the ''why'' matters a lot. maybe not more than anything but. it matters a lot #ack i spelled rudy's last name wrong this whole post T_T sorry mr francisco

[maloli]

Inktober: Spiders

Tingling on my arms and legs,

My fingers brush the spider eggs,

Thousands of small beasts explode,

Coat walls, chairs and the commode.

They fly past candle holders and decor,

Scramble over my dark wooden floor.

Screams pry out of my dry throat,

As I cast off my ill covered coat.

I run to rivers, pry off skin,

Avoid imagining the spiders spin.

#poem #poetry #poet #poems #poets #poets on tumblr #writers and poets #poets and writers #poets of tumblr #gore poetry #poem about spiders #arachnophobia #queer poet #queer poets on tumblr #inktober #inktober 2023

[whaliiwatching]

Hey, my cat is getting put to sleep tomorrow and your noirpunk fic has been helping me process this and is very comforting so thank you a million times for it, I hope you have a fantastic week

fuck, dude, i’m so sorry. i lost my cat a while ago too. it’s awful and i still miss her.

i’m glad my writing could help a little. couldn’t finish this today, but here’s a sketch based on a fic idea i’ve been cooking for a bit. i hope it makes you smile. take care of yourself <3

#inbox love #spider man: into the spiderverse #spider noir #we don’t deserve cats #i wrote five poems about my cat just to cope with her death. it doesn’t hurt less but it hurts less often #please take the time to just. process. feel your feelings. remember to eat #if you want happier things to read: #noir has a soft spot for black cats #he has an army of strays in harlem that he feeds #i mentioned in the fic that hobie’s docks have strays too. they love noir dearly #the 30s harlem and 70s london/old york communities both care for the cats like giant families #the cats are happy and loved and at rest #<3

[the-desperate-stargazer]

today, i saw a spider and i pointed it out to someone, and they killed it. they didn't shame me. they didn't terrorise me. they didn't taunt me. they didn't laugh at me. they didn't humiliate me. they didn't gaslight me. today, i saw a spider and someone just calmly killed it.

#small poetry #emotional abuse #poems about trauma #childhood trauma #fear of spiders #phobia #healing and recovery #scapegoat #child abuse

[babydrummer]

oh my god. gwen’s peter dying could totally be a trans metaphor if you think about it

#.mine #atsv #i’m gonna write a poem about this i think #spider gwen

[clemahito]

At this point I'm stanning the most problematic fictional characters out of spite alone. Like you hate them? Good, that means I can have them all to myself. I'm cradling them close to my heart while calling them a bastard and kissing the top of their unloved head with the knowledge they cannot be fixed. Not that I would even try anyway.

#this is about saionji touga and akio btw #also about geto and mahito #and so many more but i started actively loving the unlovable after i recently watched utena #i'm like that victor hugo poem about loving spiders and nettles #mine