Tag Archives: insect

Autumn Crickets [Haiku]

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distant cricket chirps:
 from the next hill, I wonder?
  now, one at my feet.

Big Red Bug [Haiku]

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the big red bug
 attracts attention 
  it doesn’t want.

Winged Deception [Haiku]

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the butterfly
 that i’d thought dead
  just fluttered off.

Jewelwing [Haiku]

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on a maple leaf,
 a jewelwing stands - still.
  it'd blend, if not so blue.

DAILY PHOTO: Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

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Blazing Baronet [Haiku]

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a baronet 
 opens its wings to rays
  of morning sun.

Butterfly Effect [Haiku]

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folded butterfly
 might pass for a leaf,
  if not bright orange

False Blossom [Haiku]

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a false blossom,
 that crawls with wasps, hangs
  from a bare branch

Tailed Jay [Senryū]

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the tailed jay
is the only shade of green
that's not camouflage

Russet Percher [Haiku]

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the russet percher:
its look says "fast flyer," but 
its name says "good sitter"