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. | Id | Haijin | Stanzas | Season | Kigo | Link | Theme:
Biting Insects | Pattern:
Flying / Not flying |
. | 1 | /vs | Oh mosquito,
little one in my shower...
cease fire? | Summer | Mosquito | To 6: Little / Tiny | Mosquito | Flying |
. | 2 | /vs | A rain drop hits the earth —
the ant changes course. | Summer | Ant | To 1: Shower / Rain | Ant | Not flying |
. | 3 | /vs | Hornets under
the back porch — the front
gets busier. | Summer | Hornets | To 2: Changing course | Hornets | Flying |
. | 4 | /vs | A bee embraces
a rose blossom — the stinger
points skyward. | Summer | Bee | To 3: Front / Back | Bee | Flying |
. | 5 | /vs | Sun-facing spider web —
each dew drop, a jewel. | Summer | Dew | To 4: Insect embracer;
Attractor (Insects / Dew) | Spider | Not flying |
. | 6 | /vs | Broad daylight —
a sudden tiny sting,
and no deerfly! | Summer | Deerfly | To 5: Sun | Deer fly | Flying |
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. | Technical Notes: | | | | | | | |
. | The Flying / Not flying pattern is that the insects in all the verse are insects that fly, except to two-line verses in which the insects do not typically fly (ant and spider). | | | | | | | |
. | 6: Verse 6 describes the experience of feeling a sting or a pinch, looking down and seeing where the deerfly or horsefly had bitten. It is amazing how they can land, bite, take off, and you don't feel a thing till after they've left! | | | | | | | |
. | The title "Their Points" has two meanings: their stinging "body part" (that typically is a point), and the idea that the insects make their points by stinging. There is a sense of power in these biters and they are not afraid of big creatures. Whatever these insects do, they sort of make their points. | | | | | | | |
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