Tag Archives: Beetle

Idle Willows

Posted on July 5, 2013 by skyraftwanderer

Empty vast heaven yields arced yellow to gleaming beetle horns. Trees topple, and topple. Under the idle willows the resting sage plays with splits of sunlight. Thoughts fritter, and fritter. ~~~ Gleaming beetle horns wrench shining arcs from the vast … Continue reading →

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Black and Yellow

Posted on June 30, 2013 by skyraftwanderer

Phoenix feather tumbles into a lotus of ten thousand petals, in faraway forests the maple leaves fall, and fall. Beetles and dragons argue in black and yellow arcs over empty vast sky, the sage wanders jade mountains, each footfall a … Continue reading →

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Forget Me Nots

Posted on April 25, 2013 by skyraftwanderer

A poem has lost itself. Lines are missing and words are jumbled and the stanzas wobble on cloud high stilts. It was all set to be scrunched until sympathy was invoked and it was folded into an origami beetle. It … Continue reading →

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Shining Black

Posted on February 17, 2013 by skyraftwanderer

Mulberry leaves glimmer in emerald light, shining black cleaves through empty winds. Four lightening arcs crack the azure climbs, broken clatter of tumbled armour rings over four realms. ~~~ Image found here: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2012/07/26/how-the-rhino-beetle-got-its-horn-and-why-it-cannot-lie/#.USAxJWdlTqt

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Samurai Helmet Beetle.

Posted on September 5, 2012 by skyraftwanderer

Designed by Jun Maekawa. New folding high of 138 diagrammed steps followed. More pictures here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/skyraftwanderer/

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