Dead beetles
line the curbs of lovely
green lawns
Ken Wagner on Haiku Habits
Dead Beetles | Nature haiku poem example | 052509
May 25, 2009 · 7 Comments
Categories: Haiku Poems About Nature
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Dead beetles
line the curbs of lovely
green lawns
Ken Wagner on Haiku Habits
Categories: Haiku Poems About Nature
7 responses so far ↓
Dave Bonta // May 25, 2009 at 7:37 am |
ChemLawn strikes again, eh?
Ken Wagner // May 25, 2009 at 1:37 pm |
Yep, something like that.
Throughout my community, there are dead beetles along the curb. It seems they had just enough energy to make it out of the poisonous grass, then collapse in unison.
It’s the symmetry of the dead that struck me most.
Dave Bonta // May 25, 2009 at 7:53 pm |
Gads. So glad not to live in a neighborhood. I was in one today, and it was friendly as hell – but there was always a mower or weed whacker running somewhere.
Dilbert // October 2, 2009 at 5:55 pm |
That is not a haiku.
Dave Bonta // October 2, 2009 at 8:09 pm |
Yes it is.
Ian Wood // October 6, 2009 at 6:51 pm |
I really like this one Ken. The images and setting are very vivid, evoking a very specific time of summer. The contrast of what nature people destroy and what they value and preserve was very effective and deep.
Ken Wagner // October 6, 2009 at 10:24 pm |
Thanks for the feedback, Ian.
Although I am sure it was merely a function of the common instinct to escape to a lower intensity of poison, I can’t help but reflect on the “fearful symmetry” of the event/image. My summertime suburb as toxic grid . . .