June bugs or Sunburst beetles emerge in great numbers in June and chew holes in the giant leaves of sunflowers and make wayward flights into human territory. They are also a beautiful glossy/iridescent green/gold. Just a little entomology to introduce another short-lived but beloved early summer favorite – June haiku:
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wild blackberries
so like my curls
dark and sweet
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all my poems
suddenly adrift
this June night
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the swishing wind
carries your name
rain falling
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orange blossom honey
the sweetness
of yielding
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I’d rather fall in love
than write poems
the june moon
~
ag
