Archive for insect
May 6, 2011 at 11:26 pm · Filed under Animals (Dobutsu), Butterflies and Moths, Insects and Spiders, Night, Plants (Shokubutsu), Poetry, Pseudohaiku, Seasons (Jiko), Time of Day, Trees and tagged: anticipation, bark, color, gray, haiku, insect, moth, night, poem, postaday2011, pseudohaiku, tree
Hidden in plain sight
A gray moth on gray tree bark
Waits for night to fall.
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April 23, 2011 at 5:46 pm · Filed under Air and Sky (Tenmon), Animals (Dobutsu), Flowers, Haiku, Insects and Spiders, Ladybugs, Plants (Shokubutsu), Poetry, Rain, Seasons (Jiko), Spring, Time of Year, Weather and tagged: April, flower, haiku, insect, lady beetle, ladybird, ladybug, petal, poem, postaday2011, rain, rose, spring
Gentle April rain
A lady beetle shelters
Between rose petals.
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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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April 5, 2011 at 9:25 am · Filed under Animals (Dobutsu), Butterflies and Moths, Flowers, Haiku, Insects and Spiders, Plants (Shokubutsu), Poetry, Seasons (Jiko), Spring, Time of Year, Trees and tagged: butterfly, color, flight, flower, haiku, insect, pear, poem, postaday2011, spring, tree, white
One white pear blossom
Rises from the blooming bough
Spring’s first butterfly.
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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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December 8, 2010 at 10:42 am · Filed under Animals (Dobutsu), Autumn, Buildings, Climate, Cold, Earth and Water (Chiri), Frost and Ice, Haiku, Human Affairs (Jinji), Insects and Spiders, Night, Poetry, Seasons (Jiko), Time of Day, Time of Year and tagged: autumn, building, chirp, cricket, frost, hearth, house, insect, night, song, sound
Frosty autumn night
The sound of chirping crickets
Creeps into the hearth.
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December 4, 2010 at 3:44 pm · Filed under Animals (Dobutsu), Butterflies and Moths, Food and Drink, Haiku, Human Affairs (Jinji), Insects and Spiders, Poetry, Time of Year, Winter and tagged: dust, guest, house, insect, moth, pantry, wings, winter
Uninvited guests
Moth wings leave a trace of dust
In winter pantries.
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October 21, 2010 at 10:22 am · Filed under Afternoon, Animals (Dobutsu), Autumn, Dragonflies, Earth and Water (Chiri), Field, Haiku, Insects and Spiders, Plants (Shokubutsu), Poetry, Seasons (Jiko) and tagged: afternoon, autumn, color, dragonfly, gold, haiku, haze, insect, meadow, plant, poem, pollen
Autumn afternoon
A haze of golden pollen
Sliced by dragonflies.
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October 11, 2010 at 5:26 pm · Filed under Animals (Dobutsu), Autumn, Butterflies and Moths, Fruit, Haiku, Insects and Spiders, Plants (Shokubutsu), Poetry, Seasons (Jiko), Trees and tagged: autumn, blemish, butterfly, fruit, haiku, haiku heights, insect, meme, plum, poem, poetry meme, tree
Sweet delicacy
Yields to a butterfly’s tongue –
Blemish on a plum.
Prompt #12: Blemish
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A Haiku Each Day 