Places Insect Poems

Why do we not listen? Why do we not hear the sound in the distance? Why do we feel we have to talk over a...

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I wake
I am greeted
by legs, many legs
working in unison like
no legs in my life

a moving forward to
unknown places
in search of the unknown

no stepping on
the other...

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Little spider dear
Why did you make home here
It's flyless I'm sure
Not due to you, but my efforts more

Why not get involved in the action
Of cultivating...

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Spiders, spiders, woe betide us
In our nightmares stand astride us
Pray the big one hasn’t spied us
Or the dread that dwells inside us

Joggers, walkers, cycle riders
Alleyways...

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When two ants engaged in territorial fight;
Ant army around awaiting the result right;
And I was filming the war despite their bites

Wrestling, boxing and kung-fu, they...

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Bee-Real


As I flew up, into the air, 
I looked back one last time at the hive.
All the bees were standing there.
Some were happy and proud...

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Sitting
By a creek
Sweet breeze wafts by
Ugh…bug lands in my tea;
Nasty!

...

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You never see the eyes that are watching you from hidden crooks and crannies,
Peeping out from cracks in poorly plastered walls,
You never hear the sound...

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Sometime last night, resting
inside of my home
I heard a voice singing(?!)
I was not alone

Not sure what to do
I just tried to ignore...
But he went on...

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Legislative insects in green suits
Gather in numbers every season
Mind bent to threaten green plants
With laws to effect extinction

The farmer they seasonally threaten
As usual is wiser...

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You flit around the marshes and in places warm and wet.
as a beetle you’re about as bright as any bug can get!

You have a tiny...

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Hovering in never ending circles,

Some crawling every which way across the ceiling,

Others in deliberate lock step across your floor,

Will they light on you or crawl...

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