A Haiku is a short, unrhyming poem of 17 syllables across three lines following structure: 5, 7, 5.
For the A-Z Challenge 2014 I am doing a daily Haiku for each letter of the alphabet. Today ...
Arachnophobia
Scuttling here and
there,
legs so many its
creepy.
Why am I so scared?
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This
post forms part of the A-Z Blogging Challenge, posting every day in
April except Sundays, sequentially through the alphabet. To see who else is taking part, check out the list here.
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I love haiku and this is a great way to do the challenge. I'm not doing it but am having fun visiting blogs that are participating!
ReplyDeleteIt's great fun however you get involved with it, thanks for stopping by Catherine!
DeleteAwesome. I recently included a reference to a spider bite in one of my stories and was shocked by how many beta readers couldn't relate because they'd never been bitten by a spider. Why should anyone fear something so small if they've never even been bitten? (I don't fall into that category, by the way. I have been bitten several times and am not afraid of spiders. We'll blame that on my brothers.)
ReplyDeleteI've never been bitten by a spider, I've never allowed one to get close enough. At least, not to my knowledge ...
DeleteI love haiku. My wife is terrified of spiders. I kind of like them.
ReplyDeleteBrandon Ax: Writer's Storm
I don't know if I'm terrified, but I'm not really keen. I have to get them out of the house, and I need a big glass and piece of paper to do it ;-)
DeleteA daily haiku is ambitious! I like this one.
ReplyDeleteThanks Karen, I hope I can keep it going!
DeleteI'm going to have itchy skin the rest of the day now. :)
ReplyDeleteSorry David ;-)
DeleteGreat one!
ReplyDeleteThanks Lara!
DeleteI'm scared just reading it as I hate spiders so much LOL. Great idea for the challenge! I'm looking forward to your Haiku - how fun.
ReplyDeleteThanks Julie, I hope you enjoy the rest of my posts.
DeletePersonally, I think they're scary because they just have too many legs. Plus they hang on ceilings and drop on you from above.
ReplyDeleteOoh, I've had that before, one was aiming straight for my head! Yuch!
Deleteha, I love your haiku.
ReplyDeleteAnd yes, spiders are so creepy!!!
Thanks Lynda. I don't know why they're so creepy, but they just are ...
DeleteI love it! And I am completely on board with the abject terror inspired by those creepy little suckers. Nothing good comes with that many legs! *shudders*
ReplyDeleteThanks Ayden. It's not just the quantity of legs, why do they have to be so long with it?
DeleteLove haikus, hate spiders. If you do B for bats, I'll never come back.
ReplyDeleteJoking...possibly.
I think you'll be alright ;-)
DeleteThanks for stopping by.
I like that one :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Donna.
DeleteThis is a great summary of arachnophobia. You get so scared, but you have no idea why. Well, that's how I feel anyway!
ReplyDeleteThat's how I feel exactly. I try to be rational about it, but as soon as I see one it's all out of the window!
DeleteI can relate. Major arachnophobe here!
ReplyDeleteI always thought it was completely irrational until I was nineteen and found out I'd been bitten by one as a toddler and it made me quite poorly.
Well you're excused with your rational fear. I have no such excuse ...
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