A Sky High Spider (a Tanka)

A sky‑hung spider paused above me, its long legs offering the day’s small surprise.





A Sky High Spider (a Tanka)


High above the ground
The spider hangs from a leaf
By a single thread,
Skillfully, without a net —
Nature’s six-legged trapezist.




A touch of quiet strength to mirror the spider’s patient art.




Ivor Steven ©  April 2026

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G'day, and welcome to my blog site. My name is Ivor Steven, I live in Geelong, Australia. I'm an ex-industrial chemist, and a retired plumber, and a former Carer of my wife(Carole), for 30 years, who suffered from severe MS. I Write poetry about those personal thoughts, throughout and beyond my life as a Carer. I've been blogging for over 2 years, and writing poems for 19 years. Of course a lot of my poems are about my favourite subject Carole, but since I've been blogging my writings have become quite varied, humourous, mystical, observational, and even a few monster/horror poems.

31 thoughts on “A Sky High Spider (a Tanka)”

  6. Oh! A perfect (and fun) descriptive poem in tribute to that spider! Such a quiet calm artistic architect creating beauty from within and at the same time putting on quite the show! 🙂 (((HUGS))) 🤍⋆⭒˚⋆🕷🕸⋆⭒˚⋆🤍

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