insects – Page 5 – My husband's poetry

Calico mosquito

May 10, 2022

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Cat sits in sun by empty fire pit wearing a grey and white patched coat watching squirrels watch her watch them watching her stare as if in aligned mirrors. The squirrels know she knows she cannot reach them, but she tries again and again and again, because maybe just maybe she might get lucky. April…

Clover

Apr 17, 2022

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cfblack

in childhood, flowers, insects

clover blossoms fresh picked flower necklaces childhood memories searching for four leaf clover honey bees and bare feet momma pull the stinger out 4-17-22

Haiku Spring

Mar 22, 2022

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in haiku, insects, Spring

months before they hatch envision flashing neon dragonfly bi-planes 3-25-22

runaway leaf

Oct 13, 2021

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in insects, Kindness, nature, trees

dangled on a spider’s thread simple shape no forking fingered hand golden spinning blade in angled early light last night’s descent caught mid-flight upon a fiber hold still I’ll untangle you help you land 10-13-21

Ode to a garden spider

Oct 5, 2021

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cfblack

in Aging, Death & Afterlife, dreams, insects, morning

October night Congeals jelly spirit Do you sleep Or just slow down? Morning light warms Swollen joints and jaws Death shroud wrapped Night fliers Invade dreams Await brunch Go suck the juice Of living day 10-5-21