a splotch of blue catches my eye, i look and it flits away
Fleeting Blue [Haiku]
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Category Archives: insect
Billion Bee March [Haiku]
DAILY PHOTO: Odisha Butterflies
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DAILY PHOTO: Silver-Washed Fritillary, Kaindy Lake in Kazakhstan
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Which Way Did He Go? [Common Meter]
A caterpillar scurried on at such a rapid pace, but I forget which way it went because it lacked a face. It looked the same this way as that - bereft of front and back. And how'd it know which way to go? It must have had a knack.
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Vulnerable Moment [Haiku]
warmed in morning sun - the butterfly slowly unfolds, briefly helpless
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Lily Moth Caterpillar [Tanka]
plump caterpillar,
grounded on the sidewalk,
hopes that wings
will come around - before
a careless foot does
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Caterpillar [Haiku (Times Two)]
caterpillar crosses the wood bridge; too impatient to fly OR caterpillar crosses the wood bridge; how's it know bridges?
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Erratic [Haiku]
the butterfly
flies no straight lines, but
still finds the flower
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Swallowtail [Kyōka]
a swallowtail lands; crashed into by another, it doesn't flinch; ten feet away, I lean in and it flutters away
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