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summers’ last prayer

you’re about to lose your head…

while getting some tail


*For the Praying Mantis Haiku Contest

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

Premenstrual syndrome
Gain discombobulation
Guys wisely worry

A leaf with big eyes
Prays God to protect creatures
From MAN with big shoes

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

Green walking sticks are
invaders in my garden…
spy rings of mantis.

A praying mantis;
Geometric visitor;
Intelligent bug.
 

Solace and Such Stance
Souls of Lovers Never Thrive....
But What a Sweet Treat



For the Praying Mantis Contest

A praying mantis
female decapitates mate…
I’d be praying, too

In it's prayer like grasp
Incredible mandables
The praying mantis



  http://www.thehighlanderspoems.com/nature4.php

I prey all day
A villain in true disguise
I am the mantis

Praying Mantis myth,
a Carnivorous insect,
sustenance his prey.

Contest: Praying Mantis
In Honor of: Carolyn Devonshire
Placed #2

Haiku 17

      a lurid sunset
      Cloud Gate distorted image
      mantis prays for prey

I can't remember
Where did I leave my car keys?
Please don't drink and drive



For Carolyn's Contest

Preying not praying
Carnivore posing as plant
Death without warning




Entered in Carolyn Devonshire's " Praying Mantis" contest 5th place

Despite how it looks
I ain't really praying...
I'm looking for bugs


Praying Mantis contest

The Praying Mantis
By Franklin Price
7/19/2015

The praying mantis
Clasps forward legs in prayer
Thankful to exist

The praying mantis,
Preys on alter of petals;
For the grace of life.

a praying mantis
on a bloom where silence lies
a moment of peace

Beautiful Mantis,

     Sitting on your leaf so proud,

          Praying for insects!



~For the Praying Mantis Haiku Contest~

praying seems it is,
       preying on moths without a miss,
                quick, lethal mantis!


cold, coiled artistry,
        ornately hued predator,
                 boa constrictor!

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

a playing mantis
entangled in the meshes
of a spider's web



Datoe written and posted: 05/24/2018

praying, seems it is..

       preying on moths without miss..

quick, lethal mantis!

backhoe
digging in the road
mantis

concrete dust in flight-
fog

cricket 
on a window sill
frog

backhoe engine stops
hunger quenched

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

Going down the stairs,
Hand grasps the banister rail;
Hiding mantis bites!

the mantis stands still
and waits for the right moment
no useless motion