Tag Archives: Insects

Hive [Haiku]

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massive hives
 hang from high branches;
  no bees in sight.

Claustrophobic [Haiku]

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carpenter bee
 crawls into clock vine bloom;
  freefalls into flight.

Bell Pavilion [Haiku]

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Summer night: 
 bell pavilion - silent,
  but for cricket chirp.

Orbit [Haiku]

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butterflies orbit
 in helter-skelter arcs,
  but never bump.

Battle Royale [Senryū]

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insects unseen:
 chaotic bird movement, a
  bird battle royale?

Autumn Blue [Haiku]

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deep autumn blue;
 a harvested field,
  alive with crickets.

Orbits [Haiku]

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spherical blooms,
 arrayed like planets,
  bees zip through.

Flower Garden [Haiku]

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color clash
  in the flower garden
   attracts bees & me.

Barbed-Wire Highway [Haiku]

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barbed-wire strand:
 a two-way ant highway,
  around the pasture.

Prickly [Senryū]

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a swallowtail
 lands on a thorny thistle,
  resting in comfort.