by Catherine Johnson, @CatherinePoet
ant candy dipped in sherbert
Star fleet bug surprise
Darth Vader’s lair
Mutant ladybugs/ladybirds
Spring fashion week in bug town
Aunt Mabel’s wardrobe hits the dust
The new fine lashes mascara
Oysters on the move
I’m going to wave my tentacles in your face until I persuade each of you (if you haven’t already) to read the wonderful poems on David Harrison’s blog and (grab your hankies) for the tear jerker on Freeda’s blog. I’m so not putting my Halloween poem up in its current state after reading the Halloween one. They are all breathtaking.
Have a breathtaking week everyone and look out for giant ants!
p.s. *coughs* Somebody save me with a poem with all the metaphors later 
Okay here’s my lame effort:
Sweet Ante,
where masked marauders fly,
cactus practise – a pokey plie
the mohawk dips and leaps into the jewelled fire like Lady Gaga.
He leaves town with nothing but a name,
the Grim Leaper.
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Fantastic! Did you take your own pictures? Those are some amazing shots.
Ooh it would have to be a zoom lens for me to get close to those, Kirsten.
Morguefiles.com free photos.
I want to be creative. I’m trying to be creative. I’m just having a little trouble getting past the ick factor of number 1! #2 The Grim Leaper or Dementor #3 voodoo march or masked marauders #4 more than a mohawk
They are awesome Susanna! Especially dementors. I think the ant looks too much like candy to be icky. I hope I don’t give you all nightmares. It wasn’t supposed to be a Halloween post lol.
Ha! Please, no more tentacle waving.
You make a great case, Catherine! Wonderful photos.
A fun post Catherine with some great pictures. I especially like the appeal/threat at the end about reading David Harrison’s poems.
Darth never looked better!
Great one. This could be The Clone wars – insect version.
“Aunt Mabel’s wardrobe hits the dust” ha ha! You always make me smile! Thanks Catherine.
Poor Aunt Mabel, whoever she is always gets a mention
Love the insect photos: do you think they’re taking over the world?
Jeanne
I hope the darth vader one doesn’t take over the world. I wonder if they are scared of humans, probably not.
That fellow does look like the Darth Vader of bugdom!
And that sounds like a great idea for your next book, Mike!
Hmmmm…perhaps.
#1 jewelled fire, #2 a crane for a flower, #3 (I like Susanna’s suggestion) they totally look like voodoo masks, #4 Lady Gaga goes on tour. Have a great week!
I loved the comments today!!! So many excellent ones.
1 Sweet ante
2 My what long legs you have!
3 Fouled up formation or The attack of the orange eyes
4 Cactus practice-a pokey plie
I’ll add those to the poem to improve it lol. Thanks Hannah and Penny!
I have a caption for #3 – “Give me a B! Give me a U! Give me a G! What’s that spell? BUG!” and obviously, my metaphor is “Gross cheerleaders”
Not gross at all, Erik. That is cool!
Yikes… I’m not big on bugs; even the pretty ones.