Category Archives: wildlife

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.

Statuesque Turtles [Haiku]

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turtles sun
 on the statue’s base,
  becoming statue.

Snail Amore: a Kyōka

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the curious child 
 remains unbaffled by the
  complexities
 of snail amore:
 thinking the lead a tow-snail.

Frog Taunt [Senryū]

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a sunning frog
 taunts all predators
  to test their weight.

Deer in Grass [Haiku]

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deer of summer -
 who'd blend with Fall's tawny grass -
  stand out.

Buck Vigilant [Haiku]

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vigilant buck:
 aware of photographer
  as others feed.

Owl? Moth? Owl-Moth [Tanka]

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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.

Symbiosis [Haiku]

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chital eats grass.
 myna eats bugs off chital:
  everyone 's happy.

Spotless [Common Meter]

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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.