Assassin Bug
camouflaged hunter of other insects
with your long legs and dagger beak
don’t waste your shrill on me:
Issa loved you
and you are welcome in my garden
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camouflaged hunter of other insects
with your long legs and dagger beak
don’t waste your shrill on me:
Issa loved you
and you are welcome in my garden
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What a photo! Such a terrifying name but befitting his role in nature. Nice he’s found a place to thrive.
” Issa loved you “
Enjoyed photo and poem both!
Yep
garden-
bed of delights
(some horrifying)
Scary bug! He’s lucky to have a friend like you.
Not a wasted word here. I love, particularly, the shift in “…dagger beak/don’t waste your shrill on me/Issa loved you”
You are a goddess of the small poem with a twist.
So much to love about this – love the sound partnering of shrill and Issa.
Prehistoric bug! Prehistoric instincts!
Unexpected and completely lovely.