Romance Insect Poems

Beneath cerulean skies where dreams take flight,
A wondrous blue butterfly, enchanting sight.
Radiant in her grace, she charms the view,
A living gem amid a garden bathed...

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Asian invasion,
what's the occasion?
Why you getting in my house?
Harlequin romance?
You've had your last chance;
turning the page on that louse.

Ladybug cousin;
similar, doesn't
know how to act, sometimes...

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Ants work like busy little bees,                   ...

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I remember the day Frankenstein was made,                  ...

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A spider named Deb was spinning her web
 When along came a spider named Jeb
 Though Deb was twice his size
 Jeb saw love in...

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spring bamboo windchimes
carouse gently in the breeze
~ damselfly finds mate




AP: 2nd place 2021, 3rd place 2021 

Submitted on March 27, 2021 for contest SPRING HAIKU...

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Oh haste, brumal mists, that twilight kisses
          on hollyhocks, meadow-born,
     Sweet tears...

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Pineapple Delight

Today is the first day, 
The rest will all just follow, 
and sometimes get in the way. 
There will be good times, 
bad times,...

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In sultry July come wee things that fly
          Up-and-down in a flickering display,
   ...

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In the middle of June when the fireflies swoon,
          And the warmth of the sun lingers...

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Hourglass shape—shine!
Eight legs encase her
She is seething for his blood

Leaving him breathless
Enamored, her wily ire
“Let me take you there”

Prickly embracing
Little hearts racing, raging
Small but scrupulous

Enter—seed...

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Much like
an ugly duckling
gloriously blossoming into...

a beautiful swan.

A butterfly 
undergoes several molts
while maturing. 

The egg 

hatching into...

a caterpillar.

Then subsequently
changing into...

a chrysalis;

finally transitioning into
a winged, fluttering...

adult...

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Butterfly, butterfly, with grace and sway
       expose to the world your gentle way

Delightful wisp in a gentle breeze
 ...

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Tom went to the ugly bug ball
Strange insects invaded the hall
Folks dressed up as fleas,
Cockroaches and bees 
The smile on his face said it all

Tom...

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Melancholy water bug softly eating.
Linda rolling, endless, leaping.
Gentle passion lazily beating.
Salty apparition, silent, peeping.

Huge white horses gently blow,
Looming, ghostly white horses.
In summer breakers they surf...

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