Insect Nature Poems

Carpenter bee buzzing
and drilling
sawdust spirals down
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Little Arabella Miller lived in town, but far enough out in green country,
To watch the raspberry sun go down, and to climb a lavish, plum...

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Air getting humid
Summer peaks around corner
Cicadas singing...

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first night—
the soul’s fringe still shining hazily
the last night—
as though knowing time has come
morning comes—
a firefly spends all its light

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A graceful  g l o w~
a belly-flicking thrill,         
       ...

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Strands of silk, thinner than a breath,
spun with a patience we rarely possess.
An invisible architecture revealed
by a bead of morning dew,
a sudden glint of sun.

Intricate.

A...

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There’s something in the air again.?
It’s not the pollen?
That brings the sniffles,?
And it’s not the sun?
Lingering longer in the sky’s soft cradle.

It’s not the fireflies,?
Singing...

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Trumpet-like lilies by the lake
preen for the flamboyant flamingo,
sifting through the murky waters,
searching for algae and shrimp
where crawdads click and clatter.

While silvery fish glide stealthily
leaving...

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venus flytrap waits
for the next insect to come
for her next good meal...

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infant shoots grass dew
red ants single file march bold
april first mow day...

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Snowflakes are hexagonal
As are honeycomb cells
Insects are 6-legged
A die cast has 6 faces
The 6 degrees of separation
Connects us all to our 6...

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You are alive,
squirming in my hand
like a dissatisfied infant
or a fish searching for water.
You are alive, we are alive.
There is something the same in us-
some...

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If I have not walked in nature,
Once a day,
If I have not heard a bird sing,
If I have not crouched before a blade of grass,

If...

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Born of deep waters
But hiding secret longings 
Which yearns for the air above
Changing skin daily
The black nymph dreams of the day
It could escape the dank...

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Summer to fall,
No other transition
Is quite so compelling,
So thrilling,
So enchanting,

The sunlight shines golden
In the late afternoon,
Illuminating the leaves of trees,
Some of which reveal gentle hues
Of...

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