Poems of the Week

The Arachnid’s Return

by Jerome Betts

“’White-knuckled wolf spider’ thought lost is rediscovered on Isle of Wight”
The Guardian

Spider, spider, out of sight
Hidden on the Isle of Wight,
Greeted by the experts’ chuckles
With your pallid spots or knuckles,
Though by most not known or missed,
Great news that you still exist!