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| Last Prayer by heidi helmer |
a mantis offers up her
last prayer
attached to my screen
dreaming of freedom outside
heidi
written: 3/12/14 for dVerse Poetics
It has been too long since I have participated in a dVerse prompt. This week, Shanyn challenges us to write mircopoetry about macophotography. I'm not sure if my picture qualifies as macrophotography, and my poem is micro-micro, but I am happy with it. Click the link above to check out the submissions to dVerse, and try one yourself!
i find them such fascinating creatures... great shot...and i hope she somehow made her way back into freedom again...
ReplyDeleteHey Claudia! Isn't she awesome?!! Sadly, she was already dead when I took this picture, or else I would have taken her outside. :(
Deletemm...freedom...I can see how that would be appealing. it's a shame she never made it.
ReplyDeleteI know. I was sad when I realized that she had died. I found her right after our first cold snap.
Deleteshe prays for a man she likes ?
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't want to be that fellow...he'd lose his head for her! (hahahahahaha)
DeleteWhat a great photo.. and i can see the strength in the picture and your words.. sad to hear her prayers wasn't heard... and glad to see you here again..
ReplyDeleteHey Bjorn! (One of these days I will figure out where the umlaut is...)
DeleteThanks you! I really like the way the photo turned out. It is sad, but, hopefully, she had a good bug life.
They are amazing creatures in close-up, aren't they? Nice play on the 'praying' aspect of their appearance. Nice to see you taking part again!
ReplyDeleteHi Marina Sofia! They are amazing. I sat with my sweetie-pies and looked at her for a while.
DeleteThat creature I have never seen, neither on photo or on television. Hmmm ... I think *I* would be the praying one if I met one.
ReplyDeleteBut the feeling "this is it" is universal. Christ is. *smile*
She's a praying mantis. They are awesome and scary bugs.
Deletelast summer i had a mantis that lived on my back porch...it was so cool...i would talk to him in the mornings....they are such cool creatures....woot...good to see you heidi...smiles
ReplyDeleteHi Brian! Smiles back at you! One benefit of living in the south is all the cool bugs. Well, except for mosquitoes and roaches...they are not cool.
DeleteOh, sad that she did not survive, but wonderful photo and perfect poem for it.
ReplyDeleteHi Rosemary! Thank you.
DeleteLike your poem and the photo--really interesting with the pattern of the grate, and the trees echoing the form of the praying mantis--surreal.
ReplyDeleteHi! Welcome to the lasagna and thank you!
DeleteThat is as close as I would get to a mantis - their hissing is a bit freaky! Love your micropoetry as well. Thanks for joining in!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Shanyn! It was an awesome prompt!
DeleteLove it...Fantastic micropoetry!!
ReplyDeleteI love this Heidi! I must admit I am a little scared of Praying Mantis' even though they look cool as hell
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