General Poetry posted November 15, 2019


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An ekphrastic tanka

Tanka(garden arenas)

by Pamusart

garden arenas
hosted mantis dance contests
for millions of years
insects perfected the twist
eons before we found it



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2019


This is the fifth painting in my Natures Dancers series. Male mantii sance like this when fighting or trying to attract a mate. It exposes the insides of their lovely wings. It looks like they are dancing the twist. The painting is called The Mantis Twist. They have been doing the twist for almost 200 million years, and, we humans think we invented it. Hah! Not!

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