Metaphor Insect Poems

winter's temperate.
towards cold outside yet it was; 
sunny 70° and...
~
 a fly flew by my;
eyes in awe I wondered O'
 whoosh-flutter buzzzz---
~
why? in the dead...

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In the shallow
light of the moon,
the shadow dives
into the Hydrangeas
seeking a camouflage
of dark green
the howl of the
wolf pierces the
silence of the sleepy night
like the cry...

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A colourful array of falsehoods
Intricately designed disguises 
Fools, fortunes, phantoms
Masks clinging on their faces
 Lives hidden away by an illusory veils
Veils that cannot be removed
Cannot...

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an unwashed plate sits
no one around to clean it~~
smiles as roach sponges...

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trapped,
safeguarded,
each appendage
secured in amber,
some Jurassic specimen
created for your gaze

you regard me
with a quizzical eye,
comb your notes carefully 
for collected data
on my anomalies

how to straighten this...

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The streetlight spread
like an abandoned strip
old hot spots deserted 
with no moths   no buzz zip
the party is over
nightlife is dead....

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A moth drawn to the 
ethereal light
exuded by a lucky few 
like you
to escape eternal night
I singed my wings
dreaming of brighter things
better days I’d been...

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Seeing it’s dim light 
I feel relieved 

The sun is too strong 
The moon is too far away 
The stars are too glittering 
The headlights...

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Early in the morning when the air was lying still
A ladybug was right outside, on my window sill.
"What the hell you looking at? I hope...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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The two are slow and inelegant.
But the orchestra retains its complex symphony
angry string section
violins of summer heat.

Frenetically mating in the season of apartness
four or six...

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Up so high all the fireflies fly
          Look at them! Look at them all!
  ...

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You can see spiders everywhere in China
relentlessly working always with net-knitting 
For hunting food for themselves  by killing 

The most equal pursuing spiders they...

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backhoe
digging in the road
mantis

concrete dust in flight-
fog

cricket 
on a window sill
frog

backhoe engine stops
hunger quenched


...

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My mom and dad met in the gut of an insect!  	
As a kid, I was packed in a sac not so perfect;	
When I...

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