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Mating ladybugs

Ladybug: Species of the Week

By Elizabeth Enslin on April 27, 2009

They may be common and caricatured, but ladybugs (or as some scientists prefer, lady beetles) still give me a thrill. Because I’m a kitchen gardener, I’m especially excited to see ladybug sex. I found these two Coccinella septempunctata going at it in my herb bed last weekend. I tore off my gloves and ran inside for the camera, thinking they’d finish and fly away soon….

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Grand Canyon Senryu

By Elizabeth Enslin on April 21, 2009

The NaPoWriMo prompt at Read Write Poem called for reflections on rites of passage.  I already wrote one poem on my son’s coming of age ceremony (bratabandha) in Nepal.  I’ve also written a long chapter on it in the ethnographic memoir I’m finishing.  So the Poetic Asides call for a haiku inspired me to explore  

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city frog pond

city frog

By Elizabeth Enslin on April 18, 2009

Written for prompt #18 at PAD. city frog pond _______________________ city frog in my barrel pond one pacific tree frog croaks I hear no answer _______________________ _______________________ ______________________________________________

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I wasn't fast enough to catch them but they were everywhere (Superstition Mountains, Arizona, February 2009)

hummingbird haiku

By Elizabeth Enslin on April 4, 2009

I wasn’t fast enough to catch them but they were everywhere. Really.  (Superstition Mountains, Arizona, February 2009) ______________________________________ hummingbird haiku gutsy grape gorget tiny feathers like chain mail – nectar defender ___________________________ Day 4: NaPoWriMo (choose the name of a paint color and free write) and Poetic Asides (animals). __________________________________________________________________________

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