Archive for Bees and Wasps
June 21, 2012 at 7:46 pm · Filed under Air and Sky (Tenmon), Animals (Dobutsu), Bees and Wasps, Climate, Day, Flowers, Haiku, Heat, Insects and Spiders, Plants (Shokubutsu), Poetry, Seasons (Jiko), Summer, Sun, Time of Day, Time of Year
The year’s hottest day
Nectar glistens in the sun
But the bees seek shade.
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April 26, 2012 at 5:02 pm · Filed under Animals (Dobutsu), Bees and Wasps, Earth and Water (Chiri), Fruit, Haiku, Human Affairs (Jinji), Insects and Spiders, Plants (Shokubutsu), Poetry, Seasons (Jiko), Spring, Time of Year
Fragrant herb garden
Pollen-heavy honeybees
Ride the purple sage.
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October 28, 2011 at 10:27 am · Filed under Animals (Dobutsu), Autumn, Bees and Wasps, Climate, Cold, Flowers, Haiku, Insects and Spiders, Plants (Shokubutsu), Poetry, Seasons (Jiko), Time of Year, Vegetables
Chilly honeybee
Seeks the warmth of golden light
In a squash blossom.
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June 8, 2011 at 4:04 pm · Filed under Animals (Dobutsu), Bees and Wasps, Butterflies and Moths, Haiku, Insects and Spiders, Plants (Shokubutsu), Poetry, Seasons (Jiko), Summer, Time of Year
Hunting paper wasps
Creeping through the undergrowth
Caterpillar, climb!
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May 26, 2011 at 3:48 pm · Filed under Animals (Dobutsu), Bees and Wasps, Buildings, Haiku, Human Affairs (Jinji), Insects and Spiders, Poetry, Seasons (Jiko), Spring, Summer, Time of Year
Empty garden shed
Paper wasps shave silver curls
From the windowsill.
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April 14, 2011 at 10:07 pm · Filed under Animals (Dobutsu), Bees and Wasps, Flowers, Haiku, Insects and Spiders, Plants (Shokubutsu), Poetry, Seasons (Jiko), Spring, Time of Year and tagged: beauty, color, contrast, flower, gold, haiku, insect, poem, postaday2011, rose, sting, thorn, wasp, yellow
Golden-legged wasp
Delicately climbs rose thorns
Dangerous beauty.
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March 27, 2011 at 8:25 pm · Filed under Animals (Dobutsu), Ants, Bees and Wasps, Haiku, Insects and Spiders, Poetry, Seasons (Jiko), Spring, Time of Year and tagged: ant, anthill, bee, beehive, city, haiku, insect, poem, postaday2011, sidewalk, spring
Hives begin to buzz
Anthills rise from sidewalk cracks
Cities wake for spring.
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October 26, 2010 at 11:10 am · Filed under Animals (Dobutsu), Bees and Wasps, Butterflies and Moths, Haiku, Insects and Spiders, Poetry, Seasons (Jiko), Summer, Time of Year and tagged: chrysalis, cocoon, eclose, emerge, haiku, irony, metamorphosis, parasite, wasp, wings
The chrysalis splits
Trembling fragile wings emerge
Twenty tiny wasps.
For Writer’s Island Prompt 26: Emerge
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A Haiku Each Day 