Spider by John Wright
Published On Tuesday, May 08, 2012. Under: Wright.
Spider
by John Wright
This overcast morning
leaf and lawn are drenched in dew-soaked air.
My window frames a filigree masterpiece
of lilli-pilli pollen buds and scribbling eucalypts.
I watch a bulbous spider
beige as paper-bark, build her web
busily embroidering
a white St Andrew’s Cross
oblivious to the beauty of all she is.
She tats ...
