another sunset another gnat swims in the wine Published by Preston Martin Retired business-type, teacher, poet, writer, traveller View all posts by Preston Martin
Enjoyed. We both need to take more care of our wine! spooned from rioja the winefly stumbles over damp assam teabags Alan Summers Publications credits: Blithe Spirit 10:1 (2000) . Reply
I had to smile, imagining a tipsy gnat, doing the backstroke in your glass, sighing with pleasure at the sunset you are both watching! Reply
Sweet – obviously a regular occurence! I also love insect-ku :] midge haze – a dragonfly skip jives with its reflection First published in Shamrock Journal: No 18 Reply
Enjoyed.
We both need to take more care of our wine!
spooned from rioja
the winefly stumbles
over damp assam teabags
Alan Summers
Publications credits: Blithe Spirit 10:1 (2000)
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More insect-ku! I love the stuff!
rain drenched awning
a jumping spider steps
across the desk
Spiders aren't insects, but thank ku, anyway.
October shadows
the slow rise of a stick bug’s leg
Da Lat Christmas
up and down the tree
fireflies
morning alley
a roach steps on its shadow
trembling bloom
a bumblebee crawls
from nectar
dark cloud
a doe’s ear twitches
the gnats
from the doorstep a beetle’s legs point to the sun
melting ice cream
the long shadows of ants
within all the eyes of a jumping spider me
from the edge of a half chewed leaf rising moon
Love the way I get such a strong sense of time passing in these few words.
Drowning gnat
Disturbs your crimson wine
And the setting sun
Mozart opera
a wave through the legs of a millipede
Three cheers for the six-legged!
I had to smile, imagining a tipsy gnat, doing the backstroke in your glass, sighing with pleasure at the sunset you are both watching!
Sweet – obviously a regular occurence! I also love insect-ku :]
midge haze –
a dragonfly skip jives
with its reflection
First published in Shamrock Journal: No 18