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Short Mantis Poems

Short Mantis Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Mantis by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Mantis by length and keyword.


The Mantis
I prey all day
A villain in true disguise
I am the mantis...

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© Abe Lopez  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: mantis, nature
Form: Haiku



Premium Member Yikes!
A praying mantis
female decapitates mate…
I’d be praying, too...

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© Joe Flach  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: mantis, nature
Form: Haiku
Praying Mantis Haikus, Contest
Premenstrual syndrome
Gain discombobulation
Guys wisely worry...

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Categories: mantis, funny
Form: Haiku
A Praying Mantis
a praying mantis
on a bloom where silence lies
a moment of peace...

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Categories: mantis, nature, peace, seasons,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Haiku 24
the praying mantis
eats the spider head first --
the gardner smiles...

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Categories: mantis, nature,
Form: Haiku



Premium Member Pests Beware
egg case on bare branch
survives ravages of winter
future assassins...

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Categories: mantis, analogy, nature, winter,
Form: Haiku
Praying Mantis
The praying mantis,
Preys on alter of petals;
For the grace of life....

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Categories: mantis, life, nature
Form: Haiku
Premium Member A plan
praying mantis hangs 
waiting for its next prey 
to come crawling along...

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Categories: mantis, animal,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Mantis
the mantis stands still
and waits for the right moment
no useless motion...

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Categories: mantis, nature,
Form: Haiku
butterflies



garden day lilies
perch for yellow butterflies
hungry mantis meal...

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Categories: mantis, butterfly,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member The Big Bug
A praying mantis; Geometric visitor; Intelligent bug.
...

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Categories: mantis, insect, poems, poetry,
Form: Haiku
Prayer of a Mantis
A leaf with big eyes
Prays God to protect creatures
From MAN with big shoes...

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Categories: mantis, nature
Form: Haiku
Premium Member A Mantis' After-Dinner Prayer
prey of the day - frog
pleased mantis licks spiny hands. . . 
that was delicious...

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Categories: mantis, funny
Form: Senryu
A Lesson In Silence
Loud preacher bellows
on Sunday what a silent
praying mantis knows


Donal Mahoney...

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Categories: mantis, prayer,
Form: Senryu
Pray Or Prey
praying, seems it is..

       preying on moths without miss..

quick, lethal mantis!...

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Categories: mantis, animals, life, people,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Invaders
Green walking sticks are invaders in my garden… spy rings of mantis.
...

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Categories: mantis, imagery, insect, nature,
Form: Haiku
Chicago, 3
Haiku 17

      a lurid sunset
      Cloud Gate distorted image
      mantis prays for prey...

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© Su Ben  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: mantis, city, imagery, sunset,
Form: Haiku
Praying Mantis?
Despite how it looks
I ain't really praying...
I'm looking for bugs


Praying Mantis contest...

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Categories: mantis, nature
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Praying Mantis Justice
inhuman ferocity
a weird bug velocity 
mantis gentle as can be
mate eats his head with some glee...

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Categories: mantis, life,
Form: Jueju
Premium Member Retaliation
Going down the stairs, Hand grasps the banister rail; Hiding mantis bites!
...

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Categories: mantis, funny, humor, insect, nature,
Form: Haiku
Absent Minded Mantis
I can't remember
Where did I leave my car keys?
Please don't drink and drive



For Carolyn's Contest...

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© Larry Belt  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: mantis, funny
Form: Haiku
Premium Member In Repose
a praying mantis
  crosses the freeway
  in that pose
    or should I say
     in repose ~
      his way...

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Categories: mantis, insect, journey, spiritual,
Form: Imagism
Premium Member Sun Is Out on A Gloomy Day

a mantis' fervent prayer is answered 
nightingale's cheerful knife heard;
it's next to godliness!
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Categories: mantis, bird, day, sound, sun, uplifting,
Form: Kimo
Ingratitude
a praying mantis
on knees busy revering
me so bewildered
if this small mortal complies
why humans are ungracious...

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Categories: mantis, betrayal,
Form: Tanka
On the Hunt
Sat on the barstool, elegant poise mantis like, males are devoured  






comp entry original piece 01042016...

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Categories: mantis, fun,
Form: Monoku

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