turtles sun
on the statue’s base,
becoming statue.
Statuesque Turtles [Haiku]
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Category Archives: wildlife
Snail Amore: a Kyōka
the curious child
remains unbaffled by the
complexities
of snail amore:
thinking the lead a tow-snail.
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Frog Taunt [Senryū]
a sunning frog taunts all predators to test their weight.
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Deer in Grass [Haiku]
deer of summer - who'd blend with Fall's tawny grass - stand out.
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Buck Vigilant [Haiku]
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.
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Symbiosis [Haiku]
chital eats grass. myna eats bugs off chital: everyone 's happy.
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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.
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Out of the Box Crocs [Lyric Poem]
To find oneself within a crate - packed inside and labeled "Freight" seems like the worst that things can get, but then I peered out through the slit, and what a thing it was to see a croc's keen eye stare back at me. It had so many freakin' teeth, both on the top and underneath! I concluded the box 'tweren't so bad. To stay a while, I would be glad!
Tiger Riding for Beginners 