Showing posts with label insects. Show all posts
Showing posts with label insects. Show all posts

Monday, June 25, 2018

not claws exactly – v2


trying to describe, the texture
the intimate feeling, the sensation,
the way it felt to my skin;
not claws exactly, simpler,
living barbs moving, catching,
pulling against the topography
the lines, the whorls, the valleys,
the pattern of my fingertips
traveling across my fingers,
a land they had never explored

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edited June 25, 2018
not claws exactly – v2

June 24, 2018
not claws exactly
June Bug (May Beetle) walking on my finger
June 23, 2018
&
edited June 25, 2018
getting down with them – v3
edited June 25, 2018
getting down with them – v2
June 24, 2018
getting down with them
taking close-up nature photographs
on Central Street, Millinocket, ME
sometimes laying on the ground
June 23, 2018
&
Pastor Ruth Foss’ 8AM Live
June 23, 2018


All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 47,160 of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Christ, Faith, God, grace, love, Spirit, Pastor Ruth Foss, prayer, hope, nature, peace, woods, photography, hike, Maine, joy, presence, insects, June Bug, 8AM Live,

#Christ #Faith #Father #God #grace #love #Spirit #PastorRuthFoss #prayer #hope #nature #peace #woods #photography #hike #Maine #joy #insects #pray #presence #life #walk #commune #JuneBug #sabbath #mystery #wonder #photograph #8AMLive

Sunday, June 24, 2018

not claws exactly


not claws exactly, simpler,
living barbs moving
pulling against the topography
the lines, the whorls,
the pattern of my fingertips
traveling across my fingers,
a land they have never walked

====================
June 24, 2018
not claws exactly
June Bug (May Beetle) walking on my finger
June 23, 2018










&
June 24, 2018
getting down with them
taking close-up nature photographs
on Central Street, Millinocket, ME
sometimes laying on the ground
June 23, 2018
&
Pastor Ruth Foss’
8AM Live
June 23, 2018

All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 47,150 of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Christ, Faith, God, grace, love, Spirit, Pastor Ruth Foss, prayer, hope, nature, peace, woods, photography, hike, Maine, joy, presence, insects, June Bug, 8AM Live,

#Christ #Faith #Father #God #grace #love #Spirit #PastorRuthFoss #prayer #hope #nature #peace #woods #photography #hike #Maine #joy #insects #pray #presence #life #walk #commune #JuneBug #sabbath #mystery #wonder #photograph #8AMLive

Friday, April 17, 2015

Menacing Insects – v3

A big fat black dirigible of a fly
careening around the office
buzzed me, like a test pilot and the tower
(or maybe a latex balloon releasing its gases).
I could feel its clumsy wake
the lurch of its glide path,
Before it landed on the wall,
taunting me to strike back.

Carol said, “They’re huge this time of year,
you could almost put a saddle on them.”
I would laugh even more if it wasn’t so true.

The banter reminded me of the June Bug
that flew into the tip of my nose
last week on the walk to my car
at the end of another work day;
Leading me to laugh at a thought
of the silliest workers’ comp claim in history
When I got whiplash from the impact.

Oh what the paperwork would have been.

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edited April 17, 2015
Menacing Insects – v3

(merging edits to original and version 2)
edited August 25, 2014
Menacing Insects – v2
August 29, 2005 12:25
Menacing Insects


All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage. See all 37,140+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Monday, August 25, 2014

Menacing Insects – v2

A big fat black dirigible of a fly
careening around the office
buzzed me, like a test pilot and the tower.
I could feel its clumsy wake
the lurch of its glide path
Before it landed on the wall
taunting me to strike back

Carol said, “They’re huge this time of year,
you could almost put a saddle on them.”
I would laugh even more if it wasn’t so true.

The banter reminded me of the June Bug
that flew into the tip of my nose
last week on the walk to my car
at the end of another work day;
Leading me to laugh at
the silliest workers’ comp claim in history
When I got whiplash from the impact.

Oh what the paperwork would have been



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edited August 25, 2014
Menacing Insects – v2

August 29, 2005 12:25
Menacing Insects

All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage. See all 31,980+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.