Friday, December 12, 2014

Deceptively inviting

                                                                                   Attribution: Joangray mehamaOR
Image: Beautiful Hornet's nest (here)

Stung bad and confused
Throbbing pain red and inflamed
Spring rain no comfort

Hornets the culprit
Looking pretty but lethal
Mata Hari kind

Nests big as football
Deceptively inviting
Do not mess with it

Strong winds shook it and
like one possessed it became
suddenly alive

For Chev's CARPE DIEM Litttle Creatures # 14 -  spring rain and
Claudia's at d'Verse MTB - something suddenly comes alive!

17 comments:

  1. Ha.. that is one thing I don't want to come alive for sure.. (hunting me down into that pond I expect)

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  2. oh heck... i def. don't wanna come near a hornest's nest when they're angry... ugh... never seen one the size of a football...luckily...
    happy friday hank

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  3. Some of those nests are frightening indeed. We're bothered here often by hornets in autumn, but thank goodness none that size!!

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  4. OK... I'll leave it alone. You convinced me.

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  5. Wow ... what a harrowing story! Thanks for the warning!

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  6. Ouch! Been stung by an entire hive of yellow jackets as a child. Will definitely not be enticed. Great set of haiku

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  7. noo way! I'll happily turn around and run back to wherever I came from if I saw that huge, yet beautiful beast of a nest!

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  8. Loved the pic, and the verse,
    I once got stung by a hornet, won't tell you where but I couldn't breast feed my baby for a while.
    Enjoy your week-end.

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  9. They can surely sting, the nasty little buggers

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  10. Very good description of hornets ... i don't like those angry beasts, but they also are part of the Creation ...

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  11. You ain't afraid of no haiku; cool way to respond to the prompt. Here in WA state we do encounter mud daubing wasps & hornets, Spring hatches of spiders, roving ant armies. I am terrible, for I purchase poisons & combat & conquer them all; allergic to stings of all kinds.

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    1. You've said it Glenn! It is the same here too.Once there was a biggie hidden among the leaves of my mango tree, discovered only when I wanted to have it trimmed. Had to call the Fire Dept guys and the whole neighborhood was startled wondering what was happening.

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  12. It is really amazing that they build nests like that.

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  13. A danger to tree trimmers, linemen, and curious children everywhere!
    Nicely one.

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  14. Having once met a hornet with my eye while cycling far from home, I was somewhat afeared of your poem!

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  15. oops....can't think of that situation....nice Hank!

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