A spider lives in our mailbox,
she’s big and hairy and black.
She waved ‘hello’ to the postie
and then he never came back.
A spider lives in our mailbox
who spun a massive egg sac.
We showed it off to our neighbour
and then she never came back.
The babies hatched in our mailbox,
they’re cute and tiny and black.
Then daddy bought a new mailbox;
he won’t take the old one back!
© Kristin Martin 2012
Hi,Kristan this poem is way tooo funny for a kid!!!!!!!!!!!!!HAHAHAH
Hi Erfan,
I’m glad you think my poem is funny. We really did have spider babies hatch in our mailbox. Would that make you laugh it it happened to you?
Kristin
Hi Kristin,
I actually have a phobia of spiders. When I read the story to my mum she told me all these crazy stories about her living up in the hills and her always having spiders everywhere. When my mum was a little girl, she actually had a spider in her bedroom who had babies and their were little spiders everywhere in her room. I really liked how you made the poem rhyme, the description of the events were spot on. Keep writing poems because your really good at it. Good Job!
Thanks Lily!
I’m sorry to hear you have a phobia of spiders. One of my best friends has a spider phobia too. It’s a good thing you don’t have a spider in your bedroom who had babies!
Thanks for reading my spider poem anyway. It was very brave of you!
Kristin
Hi Kristin,
I thought this was a funny and silly poem.It made me think about how lucky I am to not have a spider in my mailbox ever and also, this was the one of the most funniest poems I have ever read so far, and I also liked reading your other poem about spiders.
Hi Nuwin,
I’m glad you thought my poem was funny. I’m also glad that you don’t have a spider in your mailbox. 🙂
Kristin
I really like spiders because they are interesting and cute and i know a lot about spiders. Heres a fact spiders have asthma.
i choose to read this poem because me and my mum love spiders
and it seemed funny and silly so i tried it out and i was right. I enjoyed it because it was easy to read i liked the format it was cool.
Hi Luke,
I did not know spiders have asthma! What a cool fact!
I absolutely love that you and your mum like spiders, and think they are cute. I like spiders too (though not all of them- I don’t like red-backs), and not many people do.
What is your favourite spider? Mine is a huntsman.
Kristin
it is a good poem and spiders are cool and the poem is cool so I really like it !
Hi Manual,
Thank you!
What is your favourite spider? I like huntsman spiders best.
Kristin
Hi Kristin,
We sometimes get spiders in our mail box but we mostly get ants !!! I’m not a fan of spiders but my brother (Caleb) really like looking at all types of bugs and animals! Our Mum always tell Caleb not to touch them but he can’t help it !!! Like the other day we found a prying mantis on our window and Caleb wanted to put it on his hand !!! He also asked me it I wanted to go look at it but I said “no” !!! This poems was brilliant!!! I wish I was as brave as you and my brother !!!
Clara❤️
Hi Clara,
I can understand being scared of spiders, some of them can be dangerous. Most aren’t though, so I just learn to tell them apart. Does Caleb do that?
Praying mantis are one of my favourite insects! I hardly ever see them these days (I had lots in my backyard when I was a kid), but when I do see one I always pick it up! I hope the praying mantis doesn’t mind.
Kristin
Hello Kristin!
I’m not a fan of spiders, but from the comment section I think you are! I know some things about spiders, like how in some species the females are bigger than the males. Those females (I think) also eat the males. Also at school as our ‘Fact of the Day’ I learnt that spider legs have a hydraulic system powered by their blood pressure. So cool! That’s why their legs curl up when they die. (I’ve always wondered about that!) I have a few questions for you. Did the postie never come back when he saw the spider? Same with your neighbour? Did you get a new mailbox? Did you keep the old one? Did any one complain about it? This was a great poem!
Hi Twinkle,
Thanks so much for your comment. I love your spider fact. I didn’t know that. And you are right, I like spiders.
This poem was inspired by a spider laying eggs in our mailbox, but we didn’t actually get a new mailbox. I carefully moved the baby spiders out so our neighbour wouldn’t be too scared to check our mail while we were away on holiday.
Kristin
Hi Kristin,
We had spiders in our mailbox and we didn’t get a new one. I like this poem too.
Thank you.
Chenuli
Thanks, Chenuli.
Hi Kristin
I am terrified of spiders but This poem was still good though and I liked how this poem had a consistent rhythm.Do you like spiders?
Hi Lithumi,
I do like spiders, but I like the ones that don’t hurt people, like daddy long legs. I also like huntsman.
Kristin
Hi Kristen
I like the poem. I am a little scared of spiders them but some are really cool and beatiful.
I agree!
Hi Kristin
I liked this poem, but it kind of freaked me out. Honestly, I am terrified of spiders. Do you like spiders? Also, did this actually happen to you or anyone you knew?
Tharusha
Hi Tharusha,
I love spiders. A spider layer an egg sac in our mailbox and we left it there!
Kristin
hi kristin
i loved you poem i liked the part where your dad got a new mail box.
Thanks, Tharuja.
Hi Kristin
I liked the part where the dad got a new mail box and didn’t want the old one back. I would be the same If I had a spider in my mail box.
Hi Mia,
I think lots of people would, but not me. We let spiders live in our mailbox!
Kristin
Hi Kristin
Most spiders are interesting, but red backs are ferocious.
My favourite spider is the Sydney funnel web spider!
I read this poem because I love animals, insects and arachnids!
I liked when you wrote about the dad buying the new mailbox and he won’t be bringing the old mailbox back!!!
P.S. What’s your favourite spider?
P.P.S. I also wrote a poem about learning today! Tell me what you think about it. Here it is –
LEARNING
My favourite subject is Sport
And Math is so meh!
But keeping in mind,
I know math is everywhere.
With all the angles to know
and every point to score,
I love math now,
it’s not so much a bore anymore!!!!
by Caleb
Hi Caleb,
Thank you so much for your comment and your poem. I loved it! I love maths. Did you know that there is maths in rhyming poetry?
I also love spiders. My favourite is huntsmans. Sydney funnel webs scare me a little bit, but maybe because I have never seen them. Have you seen one? Why do you like them?
Did you read my other spider poem, ‘A Spot’ ? I also have two poems about spiders in my poetry book.
Keep writing poems!
Kristin
Hi kristin i only like daddy long legs because i get scared o,ve the other spiders but all spider are beautifull in there on way right
Hi Sophie,
I agree, spiders are beautiful. Daddy long legs can’t hurt us, so they are fine, and I’ve heard they keep other spiders away. You just have to put up with the spiderwebs! My favourite spider is the huntsman.
Kristin
Is that the type of spider in this story
Yes, it is!
Hi Kristin
I liked how you said that everyone who saw the spider would never come back to their house. In my opinion I think that’s just animal cruelty because “don’t judge a book by it’s cover”.
I agree! Most spiders are lovely.
Was that spider a tarantula? I`m scared of spiders, so is my mum. The poem was funny and creepy. I would be scared to check
the letterbox if that happened.
Hi Archie,
No, it wasn’t a tarantula. It was a huntsman. I like them, although I don’t ever pick them up! I understand why people think they’re creepy though.
We have another huntsman in our mailbox now. She seems to like living there.
Kristin
Cool, I kind of freak out when I see them.
Once I saw one in the bathroom and got creeped out. And I once saw a huntsman
outside and it ran up the wall .It was huge.
My mum made a video of it.
I used to pick up huntsmans with my bare hands when I was little. Then someone told me they bite!
Hi Kristin,
I really liked your poem because it reminded me of our mailbox which has lots of spiders but it got cleaned out a few days ago and now they`re all gone.
Hi Ebony,
Thanks for your comment. I’m glad you like my poem.
Spiders seem to like mailboxes. I noticed I have another one living in mine.
Kristin
That’s a funny poem Kristin it reminds me of my mum she doesnt like spiders at all and she wouldn’t go get the mail if there was a spider in our mailbox we would probably move
Hi Hollie,
Thanks for your comment. I think a lot of people are like your mum! I actually like spiders, but I had to move the spider and her babies out of our mailbox when we went on holiday, because otherwise our neighbour wouldn’t collect our mail for us. That’s what inspired me to write this poem.
Kristin
Hi Kristin
My Dad and I read ‘A Spider Lives in our Mailbox’ I chose this poem because I like spiders. Your spider waving ‘hello’ made my Dad and I laugh. I like the rhyming in the poem all the way through. It reminded me of when I saw a Red back in the pipe out the back yard.
Hi Haydn,
Thanks for your comment. I’m glad you and your dad both laughed. I really did have a huntsman spider in my mailbox. I like huntsmans, but I don’t like redback spiders! We found 3 in a pipe in our back yard. Maybe I should write a poem about that!
Kristin
Hello
Mum and I read this poem because we had a real spider in our mailbox. It didn’t have any babies and we didn’t buy a new mailbox. I liked the rhyming words in this poem.
Hi William,
You have the same name as one of my son’s friends! It’s a great name.
Thanks for your comment. What did you do with the spider in your mailbox?
Kristin
🙂
Hi Kristin
We left him there. Mummy said we just have to be careful when we take the mail out.
Thank you for answering me 🙂
Love William Turner
I’m glad you left it there. 🙂
Hi Kristin
I really liked your poem. The funny thing is that we also had a Huntsman living in our mailbox and had spun web not sure if it had laid any eggs because as soon as we noticed it mum was quick to get the poison spray and and use half of it to kill the spider hahahahahahaha as you can see my mum is very afraid of spiders.
I thought the poem was very funny and i really enjoyed it.
Hi Tehya,
Thanks for your lovely comment. Although I was a bit sad to hear that your mum killed the huntsman spider. They are my favourite spider.
Kristin
Dear Kristin
I really like your poem about spiders and how so many people were sacred of her because well she was a spider. From this poem I understood how so many humans are scared of tiny living beings that are more scared of us than we are of them.
Loved the poem
Yenuli
Hi Yenuli,
Thanks for your thoughtful comment. I think it’s funny how people are scared of spiders. I’m not.
Kristin
Dear Kristin,
I chose this poem because the title sounds funny.
I think it’s funny because spiders cannot talk and wave. My favourite bit was ‘they never came back’ because it was hilarious to read about the scaredy cats. But you know what? I’m eight and I am a BIG scaredy cat myself.
Thank you for the poem and I enjoyed reading it.
From Lucas
Hi Lucas,
Thank you for your comment. It is quite sensible to be scared of things that are dangerous, and some spiders, like red backs, are dangerous. Huntsmen spiders aren’t through. But my neighbour really was scared of the huntsman spider in our mailbox.
Kristin
I like spiders but they are a little bit scary
I have read all of your silly poems but I think this one is my favourite poem. The reason is because I really like spiders and I think this is a really funny and smart poem!
Emmy Eliza Manning :):):)
Hi!
Thanks for your comment! I’m sorry I didn’t reply sooner, but I didn’t know it was there (I didn’t get a notification from the website- oops!).
I’m so glad to hear that you like my silly poems. I’m also really glad to hear that you like spiders too. So many people don’t like them, but I think they are great!
Kristin
I am terrified of spiders and I don’t want to be reaching into mailboxes anytime soon as there may be a spider in there. This poem was quite good though and I liked how this poem had a consistent rhythm.
Hi Chomilka,
Thank you for your thoughtful comment. I’m glad you noticed my poem has a consistent rhythm. I worked hard to make it that way.
Did you know that daddy long legged spiders can’t hurt people? They are nice spiders, as they eat flies and mosquitos too. Some spiders aren’t so nice.
Kristin
I DON’T LIKE REDBACK SPIDERS MOSTLY.
I don’t like red back spiders either.
Kristin
Amazing! I would never come back to!
I am absolutely terrified with spiders and just the way you described them gave me shivers. From now on, I am always going to check if there are spiders in the mailbox before I collect the mail.
Hi Chomilka,
I’m sorry that my poem has made you more scared. I have never, ever been bitten by a huntsman spider- that’s what the spider is called. It is a good idea not to touch spiders, though- except for daddy long leg spiders; they can’t hurt you.
Kristin
I look at my mailbox and I did not see a spider. Interesting poem.
Hi Kristin,
this poem reminded me of when I was in my room studying I just looked up and I saw an giant hairy spider. So I started to screeeeeeeeeeeeeam. I told My sister and mother what happened and they said that I was screaming because there was a snake
Tirath
Hi Kristin
I liked it . It was very good. Have a good day.
thanks
Nikolaas
Hi Nikolaas,
Thanks for your comment. Have a good day too.
Kristin
Did you know spiders build a web each day? Spiders aren’t my favourite but I like them.
-Thisama
Hi Thisama,
I like spiders too.
Kristin
Sounds like everyone is scared of spiders! Did you really have spiders in your mailbox?
Tharusha
Hi Tharusha,
We really had spiders in our mailbox!
Kristin
the dad is kind to the spiders because he let the spiders have there own mail box.
Hi Paige,
Thanks for your comment. I agree, the dad in the poem was kind. We are kind to spiders in my family, because spiders eat horrible flies and mosquitos.
Kristin
Spiders are so scary if I saw one like that I would scream! But it was a great poem Great rhyming!
Thanks Nae,
I actually like spiders. 🙂
Kristin
this poem makes me scared to collect mail from the letterbox because there might be spiders in there.
Hi Thenumi,
Don’t be scared. Just look first so you don’t touch one. Spiders will keep away from you. They’re probably scared too!
Kristin
We sometimes get spiders in our mailbox, so I can relate to this.
Hi Nathan,
What do you do when you find a spider in your mailbox? I hope you don’t make a new mailbox like Dad!
Kristin
Hi, I like this poem because we have lots of spiders near us and mum is scared of them.
Cadence K
Hi Cadence,
I’m glad you like my poem. I like spiders and I’m not scared of them, though I know quite a few people who are.
Kristin
Hi Methuli,
I’m not scared of spiders, but my neighbour is! He wouldn’t check my mail for me when I went away for a week because of the spider that lived there!
Kristin
This was a funny poem because when all the people saw the spider they never came back.
Ashton B
Hi Ashton,
I’m glad you think it is funny. Would you leave and never come back if you saw a spider?
Kristin
Poem is good
Thanks Jeff!
Hi Kristin
I think a spider in a mailbox would be scary, incase you went to that mailbox and grabed a spider instead of mail.
Tharinsa
Hi Tharinsa,
My neighbour thought it was scary and wouldn’t check my mail for me when I went away on holiday!
Kristin
I liked it because the spider waved at the postman. I thought it was funny.
Hi Julian,
I’m glad you like my poem. I like the idea of a spider waving at people. Have you ever seen a spider wave?
Kristin
I liked the behaviour of dad because he did not hurt the spider family.
Hi Nuwin,
My family and I try not to hurt spiders. Do you like spiders? I do.
Kristin
Yes I like spiders
must be annoying for the dad
Hi Harry,
I think the dad would be annoyed, though the poem is fiction. I have had a spider in my mailbox, and she did have babies there, but I didn’t mind.
Kristin
Problem solved no bills and junk mail
Hi Ruby,
What about when You get a birthday card in the mail?
Kristin
Sorry I’m late coming to this conversation Kristin, but I’d like to know about how Dad makes the new mailbox a spider-free zone, and whether he is successful at it …
Cheers, and thanks for your fantastic workshop this morning, you were great!
Poor Dad, it didn’t work. The spiders moved into the new mailbox pretty quickly!
I really enjoyed presenting the workshop on writing and publishing children’s poetry. I’m happy to do more workshops.
good poem
this is a good poem but make it a bit longer but the rest is amazing
I’m not sure how t make it longer. What else do you think needs to be added to the poem? Can you think of another stanza?