Tag: Slow worm

Common slow worm

.

Anguis fragilis

hunter of insects and snails

sinuous lizard

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by Scooj

Hidden

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Beneath plastic sheet

slow worm hatchling lies hidden

jewel of the plot

.

by Scooj

Slow worm

 

Neither slow nor worm

unkind lazy misnomer;

lizard without legs.

 

by Scooj

 

  • I’m having an uninspired day and so am republishing a haiku I wrote on April 28 2015 under the title Haiku 13.

Waking up

 

Spring temperatures

soar, stirring dormant slow worms

from languid slumber.

 

by Scooj

Haiku 13

Neither slow nor worm

unkind, lazy misnomer

lizard without legs

 

by Scooj