Prayer Insect Poems

February second - requires one
with acute hearing to cock, and ear
turnips tickling the nose nostrils
delicate hairs (instagram ideal outlook) subtly,
markedly, lively..., yet gently flair
soon harkening...

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Bob a small bug landed on a childs swing
Weary and puffed because of the wind
Resting his wings and his six tiny legs
Tired from his journey,...

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Thank you God for giving me 6 legs
That’s more than ample and plenty I guess
To get around and praise You for Your glory

Thank you for...

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Cocooned within 
embryo awaits
a moment
of elation
when birth
will release
the offspring
to a new adventure.

Wings enfolded
in prayer like slumber
will yield to
the currents;
aloft
beauty leaves
its gentle impression
upon the air
and the...

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Mantis 


The Malaysian forest bears fruit of disguise. That powdery translucent pink circles the orchid mantis’ frame, measuring at six centimeters, about the size of...

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The bugs that come out of nowhere
can cause me to easily flinch.
In fact, I’ll jump up in the air
if I see one come just an...

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I do not like how bed bugs prey
They feast upon us night and day
Praise God be kind
Grant peace of mind
And blow those blood-suckers away!...

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I heard the whispers of the Mantis,
as I prayed, "My lord, please grant us
a moment’s peace from cricket calls
which echo always through these halls."

Said the...

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Gaia had deemed insects as king of beasts
After the last humans departed in spaceship 'Stephen Hawkings'.
'Planet Water' was in ruins, polluted, wrecked by
Runaway climate change...

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COLLEGIATE MANTIS

solo stick figure genuflects at the knees
leafy green, prophet-like.
               ...

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Oh, praying mantis, there with majesty,
you hold your slender arms so still and sweet,
in prayer like form that somehow makes us see
a kind and gentle...

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The praying mantis possesses
two ginormous eyes but
only one ear, did you hear?

Although she seems in prayer,
and perfectly still, she can
lash out and kill at will.

When...

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Hello, I am a praying mantis from the tropics,
a killer really, once I bit off the head of my lover;
and then I ate him, yummy...

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There is lice in my hair
I need to remove them 
Where’s the spice in god?...

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Mosquitoes Please Beware


With an audible snort of disgust, 
I pushed back this chair of mine...

In my head, I angrily exclaimed...
Oh, no! Mosquitoes, they are at...

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