Tag Archives: insects

#316 – opera

frogs and crickets sing

nightly rural opera

begin as night falls

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#300 – death knell

fly on windowsill

cool breezes tolling death knell

seeks reprieve indoors

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#272- escape

cricket in bathtub

hops away from indoor rain

escape uncertain

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#270 – hum

morning insects hum

cool air envelopes the house

flying geese call fall

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#263 – slender

unfaded flowers

snow white slender chive blossoms

visited by bees

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#240 southern love song

deafening love song

cicadas treetop chorus

ear piercing courtship

photo by Melinda Kolk

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#215- swoon

deadly midair dance

twilight beckons hunter

bat gives just one kiss

mosquitos soon surrender

thousands swoon and perish nightly

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#167

first August morning
sparrows hop on dry, crisp grass
search for seeds, insects

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#105

washing the blue glass

staring out of the window

summer insects flit

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