something in the air

Cherry

By Di_Hard

Fri, 14 Aug 2020
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12 comments
 

Flies weave a buzzing basket
of still warm light.

Hairline rainbow cracks
in space above paths, like mistakes
leave unseen tethers of regret,
sticky, soft and the crawling amber tickle
of small spiders, desperate
to re string wrong sprung traps.

Speckled wood butterflies
pair up and tie tight, air knots high,
higher up into glittering birch leaves’ green.

Tangled angles, daddy long legs dangle
from grass with dirty glasses’ wings
wondering if flight was worth the swap
from simple pupa safely earthed.

A hoverfly hangs, button steady
as if ready to be pressed;
what would happen next?

Maybe there'd be a quantum shift
where we'd cause no mass extinctions, climate change -
but humans cannot move that fast
to save our lives

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Comments

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on

Lovely poem Di, reminds me that the insect world comes to life at this time of year.

Jenny.

 

Submitted by Di_Hard on

Thankyou Jenny :0) Trying to find something new to say about the woods where I walk almost every day! I love the way you describe trees' underground world in your latest poem about forests!

 

Submitted by onemorething on

Beautiful poem, love the air in knots and still baskets of light, lovely conjured images of flying things. I also especially liked the spiders repairing. Rachel :)

 

Submitted by Di_Hard on

Thankyou for your lovely comment Rachel am glad if you liked it

 

Submitted by airyfairy on

Lovely glimpse into a world we often - wilfully - pass by.  I really enjoyed this, Di.

Submitted by Di_Hard on

Thankyou very much Airy!

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

I liked the Tangled angles, daddy long legs dangle ! Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Di_Hard on

Thankyou Rhiannon :0) Will never be as good as you with internal rhymes!

 

Submitted by Tom Brown on

I always thought you only get these daddy-longlegs in houses? Wonder? They don't bite but if they do, very rarely, almost never, it is very bad the venom is sitotoxic meaning that body tissues rot away and spreads it's like gangerene.

That is how I have it might well be wrong.There's a snake here they call a puffader also sitotoxic When it bites,. Very, very, serious. People relatively often get bitten. A very lazy snake lies unseen in footpaths for the sun.

This is an actual real poem not just made up! Good!

Tom Brown

 

Submitted by Di_Hard on

Thankyou for giving your time to read and comment, Tom.

Had not heard of UK daddy long legs being poisonous?  Have just looked it up, and found this : https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife-explorer/invertebrates/flies/dad...

Am not sure UK has anything poisonous except adders. Where I live we don't even have those :0)

 

 

Submitted by Tom Brown on

Very interesting link Di! It answers my questions it is all very interesting especially is that a daddy longlegs is an insect not a spider. It is a kind of fly actually. "The bite" is definitely not poisonous. Although they do say it can be confused with certain spider species.

We have a good day, cold grey and cloudy here we hope for the best!

Tom Brown

 

Submitted by Di_Hard on

am glad if you found the link helpful! Internet is brilliant :0) Our weather is the same, today. Thankyou for your reply