Architecture Haiku
June 4th, 2007 by 
dani
hidden underfoot
a hundred-mile labyrinth
home sweet home to ants
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Of wax, bees fashion
a structural masterpiece
brimming with sweetness
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a tower of cards
balancing on hope—one breath
and they all fall down
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June 5th, 2007 at 5:05 am
I love this ‘ku! It is amazing that they can create such architectural wonders. JP
June 5th, 2007 at 12:21 pm
I love the architecture made by bees and ants. Quite amazing. I like the way you compare those structures to a house of cards!
June 5th, 2007 at 5:32 pm
I’ll bet some of our great architects have done some studying of the natural world. Great haiku.
June 5th, 2007 at 5:55 pm
a very nice set of haiku
June 5th, 2007 at 7:08 pm
You brought architecture back to the natural world.
Beautifully done.
June 5th, 2007 at 8:52 pm
You really were very creative with the theme. I enjoyed reading all of them.
June 5th, 2007 at 8:55 pm
These were all lovely! I always think about ants and their complex communities! And I loved the tower of cards- never even thought of that as something architectural- but it certainly is!
June 5th, 2007 at 9:36 pm
I’m hosting the Ringing of the Bards poetry blog carnival, June 16. If you’d like to be included, leave a comment here or email me at tielansari @ gmail dot com any time through June 15.
Any style is welcome, but I’m particularly showcasing formal poetry poetry this time around.
Don’t forget to come back and see the carnival!
June 5th, 2007 at 10:36 pm
Loved that last one. It reminds me of the photo I used for mine which in fact did fall down…’though it took more than a little breath to do it. The ants and the bees both are indeed so intricately architecturally structured and beautiful. Nice take on the theme.
June 6th, 2007 at 12:31 am
Crafty—I didn’t mean to make any link between the three since they each came to me individually, but now that you point that out, I must admit that it is a pretty cool statement about the fragility of nature.
June 6th, 2007 at 2:05 am
Beautiful homage to the natural world’s architecture! I especially love the bee’s hive “brimming with sweetness.”
June 7th, 2007 at 8:16 am
I so liked the ant poem. Something about “hundred-mile labyrinth” takes my breath away. I enjoyed them all, but the ant one sticks with me.
June 8th, 2007 at 4:14 am
These are so good. I’ve read them over and over and they just fit together so well. Really nice. Thank you.