Recently, I put together a unique poetry collection: Classic Poems About Spiders. It’s filled with spider poems by famous poets such as Mary Howitt, John Bunyan, Jane Taylor, and many others.
I decided to share “The Spider as an Artist” by Emily Dickinson, a short but effective poem, as a sample of the poetry in Classic Poems About Spiders.
The Spider as an Artist
by Emily Dickinson
The spider as an artist
Has never been employed
Though his surpassing merit
Is freely certified
By every broom and Bridget
Throughout a Christian land.
Neglected son of genius,
I take thee by the hand.
You can read many more spider poems, some short like this one, and some quite long, in Classic Poems About Spiders.
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