Twins, Or: Spastic Gravity [Haiku]

twin butterflies 
spiral around each other
with spastic gravity.

Mantis Moves [Haiku]

in stillness,
the mantis becomes
vegetation.

Owl? Moth? Owl-Moth [Tanka]

on a tree, the moth
 looks like a pair of eyes framed
  in a hidey-hole.
 on marble steps, the moth
  just looks like a moth.

Spotless [Common Meter]

The Ladybug of my childhood
 had polka-dots of black,
  adorning the split red shell
   that covered its wings and back.

So, who erased this bug's black dots
 to make it less dice-like,
  making it a Lady in red?
   Said thief can take a hike.

I had so many fine questions,
 but it just flew away.
  Maybe a bug somewhere out there
   has more spots coming its way.

Honey Bee [Haiku]

honey bee at work
 on flowers still dripping 
   from Spring showers.

Wasps [Haiku]

a hive of wasps,
each one frenetic:
do they never rest?

Snail & Centipede [Haiku]

in the contours
 of a stone-relief Ganesh:
  snail & centipedes.

Evening Brown #2 [Haiku]

at dusk,
 the long-still Evening Brown
  flutters off.

Evening Brown [Haiku]

this Evening Brown 
is well-named; it’s sluggish
in the morning.