Praying Mantis
Thank you, God
For this grasshopper.
Yum, yum, yum.
Red rose bud
Blessed by morning dew
Now, bless world.
Falling, Fleeting
Life slips through
Some careless fingers
Like the sand.
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Mantis – photo by sulaco229 (Robert) at http://www.rgbstock.com/photo/mCPwDVe/Praying+Mantis+eating+Grasshop
Beauty – photo by Luz Maria Espinoza at http://www.rgbstock.com/photo/mixd096/Pink+rose
Falling – photo by melodi2 (Lee) at http://www.rgbstock.com/photo/mjYBtAY/Sand+in+the+hand
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* The haiku I write are lines of 3-5-3 syllables instead of 5-7-5.
See Haiku article here for explanation, if needed: https://thebardonthehill.wordpress.com/2011/08/08/haiku/
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© Dennis Lange and thebardonthehill.wordpress.com, 2013.
Well, the first one is hilarious, but I just can’t bring myself to say its beautiful. The second and third are truly beautiful.
Thanks. Perhaps the beauty of the first is in the smile or laugh it evokes. 🙂
I really like the last one.
Thanks. It’s the most meaningful which says some good things about you. 🙂
(breathes sigh of relief)