cool

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beach, caddis, fly caddis fly, haiku, insects, summer, sunbathing, vibes

enjoying the vibes
hanging out, just being cool
sunbathing caddis

Gem

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diptera, green bottle fly, haiku, insects, nature, photograph

(best full screen)

At home on an oak
a scintillating green gem
with a hairy bum

the critic

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bee, dandelions, insects, March, seasom, story, weather, writing

(Earlier today)

 

As I write, a bee, seeking sanctuary from the cold March weather,
lands an inch from my pencil.
Keep writing.
He looks bit bedraggled; perhaps that’s what he thinks of me
though I’m probably too big to be seen.
I presume ‘He’ because it doesn’t look like a queen.
Up and down, he does a few press-ups, warming himself.
And off he goes,
looking no doubt for early dandelions or forsythia,
a rescue from this too early awakening.
Clearly not impressed by my writings.

 

bad choice

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gnt, humour, insects, nature, tea, wildlife

why did it do that?
a whole world under its wings
gnat lands in my tea

wonders

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cranefly, haiku, insects, nature, wind, wings, wonder

 

broken crane fly wing
spirals and glints in light breeze
such intricacies

late _ haku

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bees, blooms, haiku, honeysuckle, insects, nature, sunshine, winter

November sunshine
late honeysuckle tempts bees
should be safe in hives

aligned

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astronomy, bats, haiku, insects, nature, night, planetry alignment

Moon and two planets

Aligned in clear summer sky

Bats hunting insects

Unseasonable sadness -haiku

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apples, bees, garden, haiku, insects, loss, nature, summer gales, weather

Before fruit had formed

winds blow down the apple tree

A bee in the mud

butterfly aggro – haiku

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butterfly, haiku, insects, nature, territorial

territorial
an aggressive butterfly
dive bombing my head

wasp kills spider

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arachnids, drama, garden, hunters, insects, nature, spider, wasps, wildlife

As I witnessed a spider catch fly in its web and start to secure it, a wasp nipped in and snatched the spider, so fast and ruthless. Tough world out there.