Orbits [Haiku]

spherical blooms,
arrayed like planets,
bees zip through.

“Illusion” by Amy Lowell [w/ Audio]

   Walking beside the tree-peonies,
I saw a beetle
Whose wings were of black lacquer spotted with milk.
I would have caught it,
But it ran from me swiftly
And hid under the stone lotus
Which supports the Statue of Buddha.

Bee Mind [Haiku]

among Spring flowers,
bees swarm one yellow plant
that doesn't look special.

“Come slowly — Eden!” (205) by Emily Dickinson [w/ Audio]

Come slowly -- Eden!
Lips unused to Thee --
Bashful -- sip thy Jessamines --
As the fainting Bee --

Reaching late his flower,
Round her chamber hums --
Counts his nectars --
Enters -- and is lost in Balms.

Lifelike? [Senryū]

lifelike bird sculpture
doesn’t fool the insect
that lands on its beak.

Clipper [Haiku]

jungle butterfly
finds a spotlight
to warm its back.

Elusive Cicada [Senryū]

seeking cicada
that drills my brain,
I find only a shell.

Moth Flight [Haiku]

moth falls off wall,
pulls up erratically, &
struggles for altitude.

Flower Garden [Haiku]

color clash
in the flower garden
attracts bees & me.

Barbed-Wire Highway [Haiku]

barbed-wire strand:
a two-way ant highway,
around the pasture.