brown moth blends against bare earth,
'til footfall tremor sends it lurching.
Forfeit [Haiku]
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Tag Archives: Moth
Moth Flight [Haiku]
moth falls off wall,
pulls up erratically, &
struggles for altitude.
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Tattered Moth [Haiku]
a moth, wings tattered,
basks in the canopy-
breaching spotlight.
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Bent Blade [Haiku]
a skipper sits on a bent grass blade; then leaves. the blade stays bent.
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Moth [Haiku]
the moth is still.
is it alive or dead?
how patient am i?
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Butterfly Dogfight [Haiku]
the butterfly jinks. its pursuer holds the line. i blink; they're gone.
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Moth Unfinished [Haiku]
monochrome moth,
but for its yellow cape,
looks pencil drawn
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Fleeting Blue [Haiku]
a splotch of blue catches my eye, i look and it flits away
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Lily Moth Caterpillar [Tanka]
plump caterpillar,
grounded on the sidewalk,
hopes that wings
will come around - before
a careless foot does
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Four Eyes [Haiku]
the glint in the eye
makes it look round and lustrous,
though it’s a moth wing
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