Category Archives: wildlife

Cooter Query [Haiku]

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cooter cranes its neck:
 impulse to know greater than
  impulse to shelter.

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.

Duck Do-Si-Do [Haiku]

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a duck trio
 does a lazy do-si-do
  with eyes closed.

Bee’s Weight [Haiku]

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flowers dip
 under a bee’s weight, 
  but spring back.

Blur – Kerplunk! [Haiku]

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frogs plop in water
 faster than my eye can see:
  a blur — kerplunk!

Snail Tree [Haiku]

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this odd little shrub
 grows snails like seed pods:
  or so it seems.

Twins, Or: Spastic Gravity [Haiku]

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twin butterflies 
 spiral around each other
  with spastic gravity.

Spider’s Web [Haiku]

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diligent spider 
 works its catch
  into a meal.

Mantis Moves [Haiku]

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in stillness,
 the mantis becomes
  vegetation.