I look straight upward and I see
A wasp nest hanging over me:
By a mere twig it's dangling,
And this, my nerves, is jangling.
Wasp [Lyric Poem]
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Bee [Lyric Poem]
I see the humble bumble bee,
Or should I say I see its rump.
It snugged in, made itself cozy --
To get away it's far too plump.
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Sound & Silence [Haiku]
insects chirp
under autumn skies; the
river runs silent.
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Shadow Play [Haiku]
Last Dance [Haiku]
tattered butterfly
comes to rest after a
spastic last dance.
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Right-Side-Down [Haiku]
the butterfly
knows no upside-down, only
where the flowers are.
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DAILY PHOTO: Fly on a Wire
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Dark Evening Brown [Senryū]
a Dark Evening Brown
flits about the woods on a
bright morning, Brown.
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Hive [Haiku]
the wasp hive:
its crescent entrances
see steady to & fro.
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“Cicada’s Cry” by Matsuo Bashō [w/ Audio]
the stillness --
soaking into stones
cicada's cry
Translation from: Higginson, William J. 1985. The Haiku Handbook: How to Write, Share, and Teach Haiku. Tokyo: Kodansha Int. p. 11
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