3 WW – Threaten Dead Hungry

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Spiders and frogs
threaten lives of flies buzzing
killing them dead
but only if hungry,
never killing for sport

killing for sport
cruel deeds of a species
such cruel human games

© Tournesol ’15

9 responses to “killing for sport (tanka – haiku)”

  1. Peter Coddle Avatar
    Peter Coddle

    Anything that eats mosquitoes is a friend of mine.

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    1. Tournesol (Clr) Avatar

      Yes they usually love to suck on my blood too much and with the West Nile virus we get sort of paranoid now here.

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  2. Jae Rose Avatar

    What a wonderful reflection on ‘sport’..nature survives…humans on the other hand have the tendency to play..and not always nicely

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    1. Tournesol (Clr) Avatar

      the more humans got smarter and evolved, the meaner they got I think.

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  3. Vinay Leo R. Avatar

    Yeah. I hear ya. Killing for sport seems to human specialty.

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  4. readinpleasure Avatar

    I can’t stand any of them. 🙂

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    1. Tournesol (Clr) Avatar

      Anothr poem that should have had a warning…how about I include SB (Spiders Beware) in the title in the future?

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      1. readinpleasure Avatar

        LOL! That will be perfect!

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      2. Tournesol (Clr) Avatar

        …although…I may remember BS better 😉

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