05-22-2024, 08:52 AM
(05-22-2024, 05:49 AM)Nutkins Wrote: when a spider diesHi Nutkins,
when a spider dies
nobody cries
they're no tearful eyes I think you mean 'there're'? I might just get rid of the conjunction. The change in meter is insignificant, IMO.
as it slowly dries
frozen in the moment
before becoming dead
feet clasped in prayer
hanging by a thread
when a spider dies
nobody cries
least of all
the flies!
Welcome to the Pen. A humorous piece. A couple of comments. Maybe a different title since it's the first line, though can be done at writer's discretion. Also, why the italics for S3? Is it a quote from somewhere else? I looked it up, maybe from Whitman's "Song of Myself"? Anyway, I might try to go for full symmetry and end with beginning placing another stanza between S3 and S4 and cutting last stanza. "Hanging by a thread" does seem to have some spiritual significance that I didn't investigate. The rhyme works pretty well, IMO.
Looking forward to more,
Bryn


