Having Guests for Dinner
I very nearly missed out on her graceful zigzag gig
beneath my bougainvillea, suspended from a twig.
Behold the nimble spider, spinning out her floss
determined that no insect will turn out to be her loss.
See her web’s tenacity, holding fast her prey—
those delicious visitors who rarely get away.
She sucks out their elixirs with minimal delay,
having guests for dinner every single day.
Incandescent Insect Insomnia
When nature made the glow worm glimmer,
would that she’d installed a dimmer;
for when I put out the light,
what I expect is total night.
When it puts itself in action,
I fear it sets up a distraction.
Little glow worm on the shelf,
please keep your glowing to yourself.
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Are you old enough to remember this song? I think the lyrics are both fun and brilliant: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dpqfvFd1M0
lifelessons - a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown 
I’m not one to say what a beauty when it comes to a spider, but in this case, what a beauty. Such deadly precision in living thing. Your poem does honor and justice to her. I’ve never seen a glow worm before, only lightning bugs. Imagining an episode of The Flintsones where they are used as night lights 🙂
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I’ve never seen a glow worm either but love their song.
“Glow little glow-worm, fly of fire
Glow like an incandescent wire
Glow for the female of the species
Turn on the AC and the DC . . .”
Such clever lyrics all the way through.
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Yes that’s a real cute song.
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And ha.. love your Flintstone plot…
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And I agree that the golden orb weaver is one of the most beautiful spiders, as is its web.
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Hahahaha….delicious verbal and visual play.
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Remember that song about the glow worm? I just looked up the lyrics. Brilliant and fun.
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What a clever and wonderful Two-fer. Your spider image is intriguing. I enjoyed the glow worm the most. I sleep with a night light on anyways.
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Looks like great liitle poser..and your writing.
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Two beautiful poems, Judy – spiders never miss a beat! I remember the first time I saw glow worms, it was magical.
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Where did you see them? Are they in the trees? I’ve seen fireflies but never glow worms.
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I thought they were the same thing 😅 I guess the glow worms are the larvae – I’m not sure I’ve ever seen those, actually.
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I just looked it up and it looks like the females do not fly and are called glow worms. The males fly and are called fireflies. I always thought they were two completely different insects.
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Either way, they’re both very beautiful!
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I enjoyed your effortless rhymes, Judy. I wrote a poem about fireflies some time ago after watching a nature programmed on them so I know all about their ways. They seem to have unfortunately evolved to destroy each other but that may be because of us humans. By the way, that is one crazy-looking spider! 🙂
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It’s a golden orb weaver. Their webs are crazy as well with the artistic bits at the very end closest to the body…
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Do you have a link for your firefly poem? If so, please provide it.
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Oh thank you, Judy. I’ve actually linked it to my latest post at the bottom below the image. If you have trouble locating it, I’ll happily copy the link for you 🙂
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I love both of your poems Judy. The humor in them adds a touch of connection that most of us do not have!
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Judy,
These poems are such a treat, truly a joy to read! What smiles they bring, the spider with its guests for dinner (!) and the glow worm with its distracting glimmer!
pax,
dora
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Most especially love the last four lines of the first one!
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Lovely little poems… having guests for dinner really made me grin.
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Ha..
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2 for the price of one! Each are well crafted and thoroughly entertaining.
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The ‘zigzag gig’ and the reference to Hannibal Lechter blew me away, Judy. The glow warm is also very cute.
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