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Mantis
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John Floyd
| Free verse |
mantis, animal, insect, life, nature,
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Retaliation
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M. L. Kiser
| Haiku |
mantis, funny, humor, insect, nature,
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From the book greenlantern
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Allan Terry
| Footle |
mantis, celebrity, confidence, courage, encouraging,
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Life comes in small packages
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Abdul Malik
| Haibun |
mantis, nature,
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Small Scale Murder
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Carol Connell
| Light Verse |
mantis, death, humor, insect, word
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Stars
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Catelyn Meeker
| Free verse |
mantis, appreciation, beautiful, day, emotions,
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Common Bugs
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Andrea Dietrich
| Rhyme |
mantis, poets,
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Reincarnated Rozetta, Disappointed
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Caren Krutsinger
| Couplet |
mantis, 9th grade, fun, funny,
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Welcome to our Garden
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Supraja Kannan
| Free verse |
mantis, garden,
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In Humble Praise
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Laura Leiser
| Rhyme |
mantis, god, love, nature,
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A Hymn to the Forgotten
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Christopher Sergi
| Free verse |
mantis, dark, inspiration, wisdom,
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When In Hell Do as the Demons Do
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Winged Warrior
| Rhyme |
mantis, dark, dream, night,
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IF YOU WERE FOOL ENOUGH TO
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T Wignesan
| Couplet |
mantis, anger, break up, conflict,
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Praying Mantis in dilemma
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Solomon Ochwo-Oburu
| Free verse |
mantis, satire, society,
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The Elysian Baby Feels Lament
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T Wignesan
| Free verse |
mantis, adventure, angel, appreciation, art,
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Miss Muffet's Revenge: COLLABORATION
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Dale Gregory Cozart
| Limerick |
mantis, humorous,
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THE LAST NEGOTIATIONS
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Vicki Acquah
| Verse |
mantis, blessing, death, earth day,
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Would You Rather Republican Style
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Martin Bailes
| ABC |
mantis, political,
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The Caterpillar
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Loic Tran
| Rhyme |
mantis, angst, anti bullying, butterfly,
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Bugs And Such
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Ricky Sholar
| Light Verse |
mantis, silly,
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Digital Mouth
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Solomon Ochwo-Oburu
| Free verse |
mantis, relationship, satire,
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Sirens
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Michael Coy
| Sonnet |
mantis, relationship,
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A Lesson in Silence
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Donal Mahoney
| Senryu |
mantis, prayer,
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Animal Instinct
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John Herlihy
| Tanka |
mantis, animal,
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Outgrew the broken wings
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AFZAL NUSKER
| Couplet |
mantis, encouraging, inspirational, metaphor,
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Sandy Is It Over
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Mike Hauser
| Free verse |
mantis, funny, humor,
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POETIZED BABIES
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Vicki Acquah
| Prose Poetry |
mantis, corruption, destiny, earth, feelings,
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The Temptress
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Gary Smith
| Rhyme |
mantis, love hurts,
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Lauren Rowles
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Rhoda Monihan
| Quatrain |
mantis, sports, strength, water,
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School Project - Hatched Nightmare
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Sandra Haight
| Monoku |
mantis, funny, insect, memory,
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The Bane of Able Men is a Blind and Crippled World
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Brian Chung
| Free verse |
mantis, allusion, confusion, corruption, culture,
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Praying Manny
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Ir0nic ZiNk
| Light Verse |
mantis, fun, humor, humorous,
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Senryu
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Rick Parise
| Senryu |
mantis, insect, nature,
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Praying Mantis - for contest
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John lawless
| Senryu |
mantis, humor,
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Evening Prayer
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The Grahamburglar
| Couplet |
mantis, funny, humor, humorous, insect,
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Tyrannosaurus Mantis
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John Anderson
| Free verse |
mantis, environment, future, insect, ,
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Praying Mantis
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Laura Loo
| Rhyme |
mantis, child abuse,
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ALAS
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Connie Marcum Wong
| Etheree |
mantis, betrayal, brother, divorce, heartbroken,
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FATAL WIDOW'S LAIR
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nette onclaud
| Verse |
mantis, insect, mystery,
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COLLEGIATE MANTIS
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Kim Rodrigues
| Free verse |
mantis, child, insect, prayer,
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Praying Mantis
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stephen pennell
| Free verse |
mantis, fun,
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Praying Mantis
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Viv Wigley
| Rhyme |
mantis, insect,
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The Praying Mantis
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Betty Janko
| Sonnet |
mantis, nature,
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The Preying Praying Mantis
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Beverly Read
| Free verse |
mantis, insect, murder,
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LADY KILLERS
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JAN ALLISON
| Free verse |
mantis, animal, humorous, lost love,
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Praying Mantis
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Sandra Haight
| Iambic Pentameter |
mantis, betrayal, insect, life,
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Mantra of a Mantis
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Lin Lane
| Rhyme |
mantis, insect, introspection,
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Praying Mantis
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Nayda Ivette Negron
| Free verse |
mantis, insect,
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I dream of praying mantis
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Seren Roberts
| Verse |
mantis, dream,
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Of Mantises and Men
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J. I. Thomas F.
| Quatrain |
mantis, abuse, humor, irony, love
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Mantis Religiosa
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DM Babbit
| Free verse |
mantis, blessing, insect, life,
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It's Not Easy Being Green
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Carrie Richards
| Free verse |
mantis, humorous, nature,
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Praying Mantis
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Joseph May
| Rhyme |
mantis, insect, nature,
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Thunderstorm
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olusegun Arowolo
| Free verse |
mantis, nature,
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Praying Mantis
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Teddy Kimathi
| Free verse |
mantis, art, character, imagery, power,
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PRAYING MANTIS
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JEAN MURRAY
| Verse |
mantis, destiny, insect, inspirational,
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Praying Mantis Pet
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Dear Heart a.k.a. Broken Wings
| Personification |
mantis, insect, nature, pets,
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Arrogance
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James Long
| Prose Poetry |
mantis, analogy, appreciation, art, beautiful,
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Anacreontic Verse - Garden Party
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John lawless
| Lyric |
mantis, garden, summer,
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COLLEGIATE BLESSING FOR MY CHILD
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Kim Rodrigues
| Haiku |
mantis, blessing,
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The Scars
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Crow thepoet
| Free verse |
mantis, brother,
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Searching for Atlantis
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Travis Klein
| Shape |
mantis, appreciation, change, creation, green,
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Chicago, 3
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Su Ben
| Haiku |
mantis, city, imagery, sunset,
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On the hunt
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stephen pennell
| Monoku |
mantis, fun,
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Goin' Green
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Brian McClain
| Rhyme |
mantis, holiday, humor, political,
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Colored Jade
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Brian McClain
| Free verse |
mantis, color, green, humorous, word
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FASCIST STATE
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John Wilowski
| Couplet |
mantis, political, , cute,
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Unquotable quotes - VII
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T Wignesan
| Epigram |
mantis, funny, girl, humor, riddle,
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Spider vs Mantis
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Francis Castaneda
| ABC |
mantis, autumn, earth, fantasy, myth,
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Summers Eve
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Lindsay Laurie
| Rhyme |
mantis, family, mum,
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PRAY MANTIS
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Suzette Richards
| Concrete |
mantis, metaphor, nature, philosophy,
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WHILE BEAUTY SLEEPS
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Vicki Acquah
| Dramatic Verse |
mantis, beauty, drug, nature,
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Signs
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KL Williams
| Rhyme |
mantis, faith, religious, uplifting,
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The Praying Mantis
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Franklin Price
| Haiku |
mantis, nature,
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Invaders
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M. L. Kiser
| Haiku |
mantis, imagery, insect, nature,
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Praying Mantis
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Valerie Staton
| Tanka |
mantis, food, insect,
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Do Dinos Soar
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Jack Ellison
| Quatrain |
mantis, humorous, mum,
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The ABCs of Things Green
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Dane Ann Smith-Johnsen
| Abecedarian |
mantis, bird, food, fruit,
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Greenish
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Mark J. Halliday
| I do not know? |
mantis, beauty, blue, color, green,
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An Unusual Friend
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Mark Friedman
| Rhyme |
mantis, childhood, friend, insect, life,
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Selfie
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Leslie Philibert
| Free verse |
mantis, abuse,
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Ingratitude
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Abdelwaheb dhaou
| Tanka |
mantis, betrayal,
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Villanelle: Whosoever's inveigled by the general theory of Good in Evil
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T Wignesan
| Villanelle |
mantis, change, conflict, world,
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Black Cricket
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Earl Schumacker
| Free verse |
mantis, conflict, dark, drink, identity,
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A known politician
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JIMOH HAMMED
| Enclosed Rhyme |
mantis, allegory,
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Cagn
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Suzette Richards
| Tanka |
mantis, africa, animal, god, nature,
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The People Watcher
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John Trainer
| Free verse |
mantis, life,
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The Big Bug
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M. L. Kiser
| Haiku |
mantis, insect, poems, poetry,
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MrMrsSmith
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Michael Pickings
| I do not know? |
mantis, art, first love, passion,
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THE NATURE OF THINGS
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Vicki Acquah
| Free verse |
mantis, earth, environment, natural disasters,
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Across the room
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andre vermeulen
| Rhyme |
mantis, betrayal,
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The Needle Pushes: An Ode to the Pink Floyd Song Comfortably Numb
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Alex Roth
| Free verse |
mantis, music, spiritual, visionary,
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Without A Doubt
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Vincent Flannery
| Rhyme |
mantis, devotion, earth, god,
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Another World
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Rachel Temkin
| Free verse |
mantis, imagery, write,
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THE PRAYING MANTIS
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Mandal Bijoy Beg
| Free verse |
mantis, animal
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SPIRITUALLY INTERRUPTED
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Vicki Acquah
| Free verse |
mantis, creation, lust, , cute,
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Nature's Way
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john beharry
| Free verse |
mantis, death, insect, nature, sad,
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Haiku 5 - mournful cries, way of nature, flight into eternity
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john beharry
| Haiku |
mantis, baby, bird, butterfly, cat,
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Questions
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mike dailey
| Rhyme |
mantis, animal,
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Behind the Bars Incarceration
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Kenneth Melvin
| Enclosed Rhyme |
mantis, pain,
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