Thank You Insect Poems

One of the advantages of growing old…one of the things I most adore
is how time slows down allowing me to enjoy the wonders around me...

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Musing with Caren Krutsinger’s musings. I love
our dear poet’s imagination. Thank you, Caren
for allowing me to use your poem and a few phrases
from your poem....

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The cooks in the Japanese navy
Make a dish of aquatic fly larvae.
Too small to filet them,
They just lightly sauté them
In well-sugared soy sauce as gravy.

That...

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I, bee recons that you shall never think
Any other tiny flying artists that sting

We sting a bit just to defend and protect
Ourselves and our masterful...

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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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Little Bee in Hospital
Terrible news.
Nurse says I’m not getting any the better.
The doctor doesn’t know why.  
Says need to watch what I eat,
 “clinically...

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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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So still, she holds herself. No sound,
hanging there as if suspended;
reverses back and darts around,
back then to the flower intended.

Tiny fizzing wings scarcely seen,
folded now,...

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Ding
The dryer just went off
I swear the timer just said 10 more minutes
Time to put my happy face on
And leave for work

Don’t forget to brush...

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Bee my guest


This is where you will nest Humble.  Your own bedroom.
Can I move the furniture?  Bee my guest.  This is your...

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Such beauty and speed
Large eyes with two pair of wings 
Life is short only six months
Seeing almost 360 degrees around

With top speeds of 18 MPH
On...

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A Special Thanks to the Bumbles

We give thanks to the creator
for you, special pollinator,
the miracle of natural homes
for workers, queens, eggs and drones.
Golden like the...

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Slimy gloppy corn smut
Smeared on a tortilla
Tastes like a monkey's butt
Thank you, Pancho Villa.

Crows' hearts in chili sauce
Beer-battered crickets
Bad luck and double-cross
Ten dollar tickets.

Bar fight...

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There's a pesky mosquito hoverin' around our ears
If he keeps it up he'll soon be splattered in smears
T-Buzz tries to draw our blood
When he gets...

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