written by
John Trusty
Categories:
funny, lost love, nature
Head(S) Or Tail(S)
summers’ last prayer
you’re about to lose your head…
while getting some tail
*For the Praying Mantis Haiku Contest
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written by
John Beharry
Categories:
baby, bird, butterfly, cat, death, flying, insect, mother, nature, sad, sorrow,
Haiku 5 - Mournful Cries, Way of Nature, Flight Into Eternity
mournful cries fill the air
mother bird calling for its baby
eaten by the cat
mantis catches butterfly
I am sad: yet, that is
the way of nature
loud feathered thud
- flight into eternity
deceptive glass pane
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written by
Virginia Mitchell
Categories:
funny
Praying Mantis Haikus, Contest
Premenstrual syndrome
Gain discombobulation
Guys wisely worry
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written by
Iolanda Scripca
Categories:
nature
Prayer of a Mantis
A leaf with big eyes
Prays God to protect creatures
From MAN with big shoes
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written by
Robert L. Hinshaw
Categories:
funny
Pious Mantis Prays
pious mantis prays
nefarious plot afoot
to devour her mate
Robert L. Hinshaw, CMSgt, USAF, Retired
© All Rights Reserved
Placed No. 5 in Carolyn Devonshire's "Praying Mantis Haikus" Contest - July 2010
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written by
M. L. Kiser
Categories:
imagery, insect, nature,
Invaders
Green walking sticks are
invaders in my garden…
spy rings of mantis.
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written by
Molly Cooper
Categories:
life, nature,
I Pray
Solace and Such Stance
Souls of Lovers Never Thrive....
But What a Sweet Treat
For the Praying Mantis Contest
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written by
M. L. Kiser
Categories:
insect, poems, poetry,
The Big Bug
A praying mantis;
Geometric visitor;
Intelligent bug.
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written by
Joe Flach
Categories:
nature
Yikes!
A praying mantis
female decapitates mate…
I’d be praying, too
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written by
James Fraser
Categories:
animals, natureprayer,
Mantodea In Prayer Like Grasp
In it's prayer like grasp
Incredible mandables
The praying mantis
http://www.thehighlanderspoems.com/nature4.php
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written by
Abe Lopez
Categories:
nature
The Mantis
I prey all day
A villain in true disguise
I am the mantis
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written by
Su Ben
Categories:
city, imagery, sunset,
Chicago, 3
Haiku 17
a lurid sunset
Cloud Gate distorted image
mantis prays for prey
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written by
Larry Belt
Categories:
funny
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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written by
John Freeman
Categories:
nature
Mantis Menu
Praying Mantis myth,
a Carnivorous insect,
sustenance his prey.
Contest: Praying Mantis
In Honor of: Carolyn Devonshire
Placed #2
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written by
Raul Moreno
Categories:
life, nature
Praying Mantis
The praying mantis,
Preys on alter of petals;
For the grace of life.
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written by
Ralph Taylor
Categories:
nature
Praying Mantis?
Despite how it looks
I ain't really praying...
I'm looking for bugs
Praying Mantis contest
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written by
Joyce Johnson
Categories:
nature
Deadly Pretender
Preying not praying
Carnivore posing as plant
Death without warning
Entered in Carolyn Devonshire's " Praying Mantis" contest 5th place
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written by
Franklin Price
Categories:
nature,
The Praying Mantis
The Praying Mantis
By Franklin Price
7/19/2015
The praying mantis
Clasps forward legs in prayer
Thankful to exist
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written by
Ernesto P. Santiago
Categories:
nature, peace, seasons,
A Praying Mantis
a praying mantis
on a bloom where silence lies
a moment of peace
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written by
Tirzah Conway
Categories:
animals
Mantis Religiosa!
Beautiful Mantis,
Sitting on your leaf so proud,
Praying for insects!
~For the Praying Mantis Haiku Contest~
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written by
Romeo Naces
Categories:
animals
Predators
praying seems it is,
preying on moths without a miss,
quick, lethal mantis!
cold, coiled artistry,
ornately hued predator,
boa constrictor!
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written by
James Edward Lee Sr.
Categories:
insect, introspection,
Army Ants Festive Meal-
ants on the cracks of
the sidewalks carrying that
of dead carcass soul
of fallen praying
mantis through spider web trap
ant gathers eating
the fallen remains
of the dead emerald pest
eaten by the ants
8/12/22
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr 2022
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written by
Romeo Naces
Categories:
animals, life, people,
Pray Or Prey
praying, seems it is..
preying on moths without miss..
quick, lethal mantis!
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written by
Edward Ibeh
Categories:
death, imagery, insect,
Death Trap
a playing mantis
entangled in the meshes
of a spider's web
Datoe written and posted: 05/24/2018
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written by
M. L. Kiser
Categories:
insect, nature, poems, poetry,
Backhoe
backhoe
digging in the road
mantis
concrete dust in flight-
fog
cricket
on a window sill
frog
backhoe engine stops
hunger quenched
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written by
Edward Ibeh
Categories:
day, insect, nature,
The Praying Mantis
daily ritual
pleading for a sunny day
the praying mantis
one haiku Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Rick Parise
Date written and submitted: 09/04/2019
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written by
M. L. Kiser
Categories:
funny, humor, insect, nature,
Retaliation
Going down the stairs,
Hand grasps the banister rail;
Hiding mantis bites!
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written by
Peter W Iversen
Categories:
nature,
Mantis
the mantis stands still
and waits for the right moment
no useless motion
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written by
Warren Doll
Categories:
butterfly,
butterflies
garden day lilies
perch for yellow butterflies
hungry mantis meal
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written by
Karen Croft
Categories:
animal,
A plan
praying mantis hangs
waiting for its next prey
to come crawling along
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