Category Archives: insect

Mexican Sunflower [Haiku]

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the sunflower
 catches warm afternoon sun, 
  but bees aren’t impressed.

Butterfly Dogfight [Haiku]

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butterflies 
 in spastic jinky orbit:
  play or bloom combat?

Translucent [Haiku]

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sunlight shines
 through the butterfly's wing:
  yet, it seems sluggish.

Bee-Eater [Senryū]

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bee-eater sits still --
 not searching, not flitting:
  worried of bee's plight?

Deceptive Dragonfly [Haiku]

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a still dragonfly 
 looks perched & ready,
  but then falls dead.

Beauty-Blind Bees [Haiku]

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a plain, green plant
 crawls with bees-o-plenty: 
  despite no bright blooms.

Golden Yellow [Haiku]

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lurch & stop:
 the bee moves erratically
  amid yellow blooms.

So Many Eyes [Haiku]

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one butterfly:
 with so many eyes 
  that cannot see.

Stag Beetle [Haiku]

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a stag beetle
 lifts pincers in warning;
  tender flesh at feet.

Hover Quandary [Haiku]

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a bee hovers
 between two wildflowers,
  in a quandary.