<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=413865" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Foiled by beauty for M'lady Sally plumb</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">A spider web bedecked with dew.<br>The early morning sun shines through.<br>Creates a tapestry of light.<br>A work of art in its own right.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Because the sparkling dew negates.<br>The spider webs efficiency.<br>Until the sun evaporates<br> the morning dew sufficiently</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The spider must wait patiently<br> until at last she breaks her fast<br>Flies tangled inextricably <br>in the sticky threads she cast.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The spider builds instinctively.<br>A trap we aren’t supposed to see.<br>As long as it is visible<br>It’s totally impossible.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">For the silken trap to do<br>(It is designed to be unseen) <br>The task it is intended to.<br>But for the dew it would have been.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Although it’s pleasing to our eyes<br>We know it isn’t meant to be<br>It’s obvious to passing flies <br>who can avoid it easily.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The hungry spider would prefer<br>to do without the morning dew.<br> Which seems intent to deprive her<br>of fat flies which are her due.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The spider’s loss is our gain<br>We see the transient beauty.<br>Which we may never see again.<br>If only temporarily.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The spider web bedecked with dew<br>To us a source of great delight<br>Created each morning anew<br>by dew drops reflecting sun light.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Although the spider breakfasts late.<br>There’s little doubt she will survive.<br>I’m sure she will appreciate<br>her breakfast when it does arrive.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Tuesday,08 March 2011<br>http.blog.myspace.com poeticpiers.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Ivor+Or+Ivor.e+Hogg">Ivor Or Ivor.e Hogg</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=413865" data-title="Foiled by beauty for M'lady Sally plumb de Ivor Or Ivor.e Hogg" data-description="A spider web bedecked with dew. The early morning sun shines through. Creates a tapestry of light. A work of art in its own right. Because the sparkling dew negates. The spider webs efficiency. Until the sun evaporates the morning dew sufficient..."></div> </div> </div>

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