Category Archives: insect

Autumn Crickets [Haiku]

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distant cricket chirps:
 from the next hill, I wonder?
  now, one at my feet.

Startle Response [Haiku]

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even in death
 the scorpion can evoke
  momentary fear.

Big Red Bug [Haiku]

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the big red bug
 attracts attention 
  it doesn’t want.

Bent Blade [Haiku]

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a skipper sits on
 a bent grass blade; then leaves.
  the blade stays bent.

Winged Deception [Haiku]

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the butterfly
 that i’d thought dead
  just fluttered off.

Jewelwing [Haiku]

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on a maple leaf,
 a jewelwing stands - still.
  it'd blend, if not so blue.

DAILY PHOTO: Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

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Blazing Baronet [Haiku]

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a baronet 
 opens its wings to rays
  of morning sun.

Wasp Moves [Haiku]

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the wasp is still;
 the wasp jinks erratically.
  pilgrims break sanctity.

To Walk or Not to Walk? [Haiku]

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an egret saunters
 with purpose as the insect
  stands stock still.