A crowded tangle of twigs,
a scout with a bright idea;
conspiring alone at the jumping-off point
of an ambitious treasure hunt.
 

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Ant | Hymenoptera | Apocrita | Vespoidea | Formicidae

A toy-box explorer with a troubled back-story
attempts to map the overcrowded microwilderness,
finding larger patterns in the small spaces between buds.
 

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Ant | Hymenoptera | Apocrita | Vespoidea | Formicidae

The Grand Canyon? Barsoom? Pandora? Maybe.
 

No bigger than a moonlet,
Queen of an alien laboratory for spontaneous choreography,
a spider squares the circle at the labyrinth’s center.
 

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Spider | Arachnid

Over lichen-covered bark,
an ant runs late for her next appointment,
leaving a blurred memory of a bewildered oak.
 

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Ant | Hymenoptera | Apocrita | Vespoidea | Formicidae

More than a rumor of a summer storm,
a psychological stargazer spins telepathic fires
as the summer burns out the night.
 

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Katydid | Tettigoniidae

The red-eye to the dark side beckons,
a hotshot young assassin stalks a world gone feral,
no pillow talk from this demon.
 

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Assassin bug | Zelus luridus

Small, weird, and oh so impressive,
a Planthopper watches the centuries pass,
riding out tiny shock waves
in the crook of a leaf.
 

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Planthopper | Fulgoromorpha | Acanalonia conica

Cory Doctorow mentioned my art on sale
in the Boing Boing Bazaar/Maker’s Market,
a online marketplace and collaboration between
the creators of MAKE and Boing Boing.
 

I’m selling paintings and prints.
 

A performer in a vest-pocket circus floats down
the silk road as easily as a smoke puff
choreographed by Cirque du Arachnid,
balancing gravity and sensuality.
 

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Arachnid | Spider

“I’ll gladly pay you Tuesday for a grassburger today”.
J. Wellington Shorthorn, scam artist of the plains,
makes a plea while running late
for his next hit-and-run meal.

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Grasshopper | Orthoptera

Skinny legs like the new geometry of an alien alphabet,
a gangly crane fly dreams of one last affair
before oblivion, the dance of the Gollywhopper,
too complex to be grasped in one green glimpse.

 

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Crane fly | Tipulidae