Poem Details | by
John Trusty
Categories:
funny, lost love, nature
summers’ last prayer
you’re about to lose your head…
while getting some tail
*For the Praying Mantis Haiku Contest
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Poem Details | by
Virginia Mitchell
Categories:
funny
Premenstrual syndrome
Gain discombobulation
Guys wisely worry
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Poem Details | by
john beharry
Categories:
baby, bird, butterfly, cat, death, flying, insect, mother, nature, sad, sorrow,
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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Poem Details | by
iolanda Scripca
Categories:
nature
A leaf with big eyes
Prays God to protect creatures
From MAN with big shoes
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Poem Details | by
M. L. Kiser
Categories:
imagery, insect, nature,
Green walking sticks are
invaders in my garden…
spy rings of mantis.
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Poem Details | by
M. L. Kiser
Categories:
insect, poems, poetry,
A praying mantis;
Geometric visitor;
Intelligent bug.
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Poem Details | by
James Fraser
Categories:
animals, natureprayer,
In it's prayer like grasp
Incredible mandables
The praying mantis
http://www.thehighlanderspoems.com/nature4.php
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Poem Details | by
Abe Lopez
Categories:
nature
I prey all day
A villain in true disguise
I am the mantis
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Poem Details | by
Joe Flach
Categories:
nature
A praying mantis
female decapitates mate…
I’d be praying, too
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Poem Details | by
Su Ben
Categories:
city, imagery, sunset,
Haiku 17
a lurid sunset
Cloud Gate distorted image
mantis prays for prey
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Poem Details | by
Franklin Price
Categories:
nature,
The Praying Mantis
By Franklin Price
7/19/2015
The praying mantis
Clasps forward legs in prayer
Thankful to exist
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Poem Details | by
Molly Cooper
Categories:
life, nature,
Solace and Such Stance
Souls of Lovers Never Thrive....
But What a Sweet Treat
For the Praying Mantis Contest
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Poem Details | by
john freeman
Categories:
nature
Praying Mantis myth,
a Carnivorous insect,
sustenance his prey.
Contest: Praying Mantis
In Honor of: Carolyn Devonshire
Placed #2
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Poem Details | by
RALPH TAYLOR
Categories:
nature
Despite how it looks
I ain't really praying...
I'm looking for bugs
Praying Mantis contest
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Poem Details | by
Robert L. Hinshaw
Categories:
funny
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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Poem Details | by
Joyce Johnson
Categories:
nature
Preying not praying
Carnivore posing as plant
Death without warning
Entered in Carolyn Devonshire's " Praying Mantis" contest 5th place
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Poem Details | by
Larry Belt
Categories:
funny
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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Poem Details | by
Ernesto P. Santiago
Categories:
nature, peace, seasons,
a praying mantis
on a bloom where silence lies
a moment of peace
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Poem Details | by
Tirzah Conway
Categories:
animals
Beautiful Mantis,
Sitting on your leaf so proud,
Praying for insects!
~For the Praying Mantis Haiku Contest~
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Poem Details | by
Raul Moreno
Categories:
life, nature
The praying mantis,
Preys on alter of petals;
For the grace of life.
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Poem Details | by
romeo naces
Categories:
animals
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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Poem Details | by
romeo naces
Categories:
animals, life, people,
praying, seems it is..
preying on moths without miss..
quick, lethal mantis!
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Poem Details | by
Edward Ibeh
Categories:
death, imagery, insect,
a playing mantis
entangled in the meshes
of a spider's web
Datoe written and posted: 05/24/2018
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Poem Details | by
M. L. Kiser
Categories:
funny, humor, insect, nature,
Going down the stairs,
Hand grasps the banister rail;
Hiding mantis bites!
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Poem Details | by
M. L. Kiser
Categories:
insect, nature, poems, poetry,
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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Poem Details | by
Edward Ibeh
Categories:
day, insect, nature,
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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Poem Details | by
Peter Iversen
Categories:
nature,
the mantis stands still
and waits for the right moment
no useless motion
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