Prayer Mantis Poems

I saw a praying mantis as I went about my day
The brightest green, the coolest form
and I just had to say

“Please tell me of your...

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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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anticipation
glad for this mating
to finally take place

I was ready
a willing participant
wanting this gladly

singing my song
I lured him in
to my dark

he was young
inexperienced
I cared not

obviously
his first...

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Praying mantis in their kingdom
conceives and lays precious eggs
telling the world of insects proudly;
“Here the pious ones come in plenty
in equal measure thinkers with them
we...

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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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W i s h i n g so deeply whispering prayers to me you intended on giving,
maybe childlike attainable verses so tender my heart would...

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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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The Praying Mantis
By Franklin Price
7/19/2015

The praying mantis
Clasps forward legs in prayer
Thankful to exist...

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Good Lord, Mama Mantis creeps
up behind and takes a nip
that stings sharp before I fall,
supposedly dead.

Fakeout! I still have my teeth
and I hear the words,...

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A leaf with big eyes
Prays God to protect creatures
From MAN with big shoes...

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prey of the day - frog
pleased mantis licks spiny hands. . . 
that was delicious...

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