When I first read this, it was as a misreading, which is no bad thing. I loved that version, and I love what is presumably the correct reading of the author's intention.
I'm probably more of a fan of bees, whether Solitary Bees or Buff-Tailed Bees (they took over the Blue Titmouse bird box earlier this year).
After all we are al animals, even the insects can be lumped into that larger group, and communal eating is always sociable, isn't it?
Delightful haiku!
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wasp nest
the boy in a corn field
becomes a maze
Alan Summers
Publication Credit: Right Hand Pointing (low sky issue ed. Eric Burke Issue 95, 2016)
Anthology credit:
dust devils: The Red Moon Anthology of English-Language Haiku 2016, ed. Jim Kacian & the Red Moon Editorial Staff
October 8th, 2018 at 8:36 am
Well envisioned Dan; I'll add this from my imagined memory_!
__ Smiles. _m
honey bees
quickly wave me away
raspberry bush
October 8th, 2018 at 12:39 pm
Wonderful work, Dan! I enjoyed it very much.
Best,
Theresa
October 8th, 2018 at 2:38 pm
Thank you, Theresa! Appreciate your comments.
October 8th, 2018 at 2:37 pm
Thank you, Magyar!
October 9th, 2018 at 8:58 am
sweet melon
a wasp and I
have seconds
—DAN CURTIS
When I first read this, it was as a misreading, which is no bad thing. I loved that version, and I love what is presumably the correct reading of the author's intention.
I'm probably more of a fan of bees, whether Solitary Bees or Buff-Tailed Bees (they took over the Blue Titmouse bird box earlier this year).
After all we are al animals, even the insects can be lumped into that larger group, and communal eating is always sociable, isn't it?
Delightful haiku!
.
.
wasp nest
the boy in a corn field
becomes a maze
Alan Summers
Publication Credit: Right Hand Pointing (low sky issue ed. Eric Burke Issue 95, 2016)
Anthology credit:
dust devils: The Red Moon Anthology of English-Language Haiku 2016, ed. Jim Kacian & the Red Moon Editorial Staff
October 9th, 2018 at 2:14 pm
I enjoyed the playfulness in this one.
Fourth of July
yellow jackets arrive
for dessert
October 15th, 2018 at 10:51 am
Thank you, Barbara! I like your ku as well.
October 29th, 2018 at 4:00 am
There's always enough to share, Dan – even with a wasp! Nice one. :)
marion
January 28th, 2019 at 3:00 am
I thinks you have to add some more things of this beautiful nature.
March 13th, 2019 at 10:15 pm
rumbling stomach
the sun above the trees