I have not found a
\npraying mantis in the yard
\nthis year.
\nPerhaps the heat is too much.
\nLives are so dependent
\non the weather.
\nThe tilt of the planet.
\nThe solar storms.<\/p>\n
In this jewel box
\nwhere birds fly,
\nseasons gallop above us,
\nand the ground quakes
\nwith lightning and storm.
\nThe melodic centrifuge
\nof earth seldom completes
\nits songs,
\nleaving us tense and hungry.<\/p>\n
So to look for what is past,
\nstaring into the featureless face
\nof a bush,
\nfor the praying pose of a mantis,
\nis the paradisiacal in me,
\nadmonishing,
\nbe gentle with your soul.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I have not found a praying mantis in the yard this year. Perhaps the heat is too much. Lives are so dependent on the weather.…<\/p>\n