Scanning her new territory,
the ghosts behind her mask are wilder
than last night’s crowded garden party.

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Praying mantis | Tenodera aridifolia sinensis

A bumblebee dissolves into the landscape,
riding a carousel of flowers
through an overflowing garden.

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Bumblebee | Bombus impatiens

A moth gazes back into the past,
leaving everything exactly where it was yesterday,
too cautious to say anything at all.

As randy as a pair of spring songbirds,
stealing a glimpse past a glowing wing,
eavesdropping on a tangle of feathers in flight.

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Sparrow | Passer domesticus

We’re rapidly running out of winter,
and a summer squadron flies
out of the past like a mirage,
soundless wings beating with hive madness.

A stealth bomber in no hurry,
resting from a game of hide and seek,
on the trail of mysterious scents.

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Dark-spotted Palthis Moth | Palthis angulalis

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A scavenger begins a journey,
the farthest ever traveled,
searching a garden with no address
for small epiphanies.

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Snail | Gastropod | mollusc

Backyard aerialists compete
before the first rain falls,
their small quarrel predicting
storms to come.

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Sparrow | Passer domesticus

A twitchy hunter seeks her first meal,
a patient mantis nymph waits
for a reluctant ant,
her reputation at stake.

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Pavement ant | Tetramorium caespitum
Praying mantis | Tenodera aridifolia sinensis