drinking fountain
I wait for the wasp
to finish

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Rosa Clement

Rosa Clement is from Brazil and lives in Manaus, Amazonas. In 2018, she won first prize in the Vladimir Devid? Haiku contest. Her haiku appear in the online journals The Heron's Nest, Cattails, WHR among others and also in the anthologies Naad-Anunaad(2016) and Wishbone Moon(2018).

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  1. So many thoughts tumble through my head after reading this!

    A huge human waits until a tiny creature has satisfied its need

    The stereotypical reaction to a wasp: panic, kill, is contradicted

    The benevolence of wasps, devouring the caterpillars on my vegetables

    My allergy to wasp stings

    The heat of a summer day

    The scent of sun-warm stone…

    I could go on!

    Its a beautiful piece. Thank you for making it.

    1. Interesting, these two very positive thoughts about an insect so much maligned.
      In the end, because all life forms are at risk, we, because we imagine ourselves to be dominant, do need to wait, think again and pay respects.

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