The black widow is
A true seductress until
She eats her husband
This haiku has been on my mind for over a week. I found out about Tanka Tuesday already a while back, but never cared to look up its creator. Last week I did, but it was a prompted week and I couldn’t come up with a poem that matched the theme. That is, spiders may be a Halloween theme, but I wasn’t sure of it. This week though, it’s a poets’ choice week, so I’m jumping at the opportunity and sharing the verse that’s been on my mind all week. Last night, I even came up with a Dutch translation, but it’s not very good. Hope you enjoyed this one.
A Multitude of Musings 
Happy IWSG Day 🙂
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Yikes! No wonder we don’t like spiders!
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Yes, I get that. It’s actually true though, female black widows eat their male partners during sex.
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So eating your husband makes you no longer a seducer?
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LOL. Interesting point of view and question.
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Astrid:
I’ll go away and think about it.
Seduction would probably be part of your total power over people [or spiders] who you are not intimately connected to or with?
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Astrid, that’s amazing that you tried to write the poem in Dutch too. It’s all by syllable count so I bet it’s hard to find the right words. Bravo to you! Glad you’re writing poetry! ❤
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Reblogged this on Where Genres Collide Traci Kenworth YA Author & Book Blogger and commented:
Like the creepy image!
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