Comments on: Dead Beetles | Nature haiku poem example | 052509

By: Ken Wagner

Ken Wagner — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 03:24:52 +0000

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 . . .

By: Ian Wood

Ian Wood — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 23:51:41 +0000

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.

By: Dave Bonta

Dave Bonta — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 01:09:12 +0000

Yes it is.

By: Dilbert

Dilbert — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 22:55:38 +0000

That is not a haiku.

By: Dave Bonta

Dave Bonta — Tue, 26 May 2009 00:53:39 +0000

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.

By: Ken Wagner

Ken Wagner — Mon, 25 May 2009 18:37:04 +0000

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.

By: Dave Bonta

Dave Bonta — Mon, 25 May 2009 12:37:04 +0000

ChemLawn strikes again, eh?