Darling grasshopper, bottle green
antennae posing questions to the meadow
I wonder what your version of this field is –
blades of grass towering over your body
You can leap with one grand jeté
to a carnival of creatures I can’t see
buzzing, whirling, creeping, crawling
you, the star of acrobatic feats
Photo courtesy of Pixabay
Wind Rush 
Absolutely true the star of acrobatic feats. Apt poem of a grasshopper, LuAnne.
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Thank you, Kamal.
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Welcome LuAnne.
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Love this. There are so many things we might learn from the grasshopper.
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True, and much more than they can learn from us! 🙂
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Wonderful – have always noticed leaping grasshoppers (how could one not notice?) but now I’ll see them as athletes – maybe showing off, maybe just practicing, anticipating … a cat such as my Brie choosing to do her own leaps with grasshopper-crunch in mind. (Her leaps are impressive, but grasshoppers always vanish before she lands.) Love your query re how tall grass looks to the grasshopper.
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Thanks, Jazz. Cat leaps are interesting, too. I know my cat crouches down low, ears twitching, tail twitching…. then pounce! Thanks for stopping by.
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The mature grasshopper of fall, a nymph in spring is called 🙂
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You now have me wondering: what does the world look like from the perspective of a grasshopper?
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I think that about my cat, too. And birds. Thanks for stopping by.
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There’s this great story (Oscar Wilde?) about a boy who gets a puppy and is completely fascinated by what his puppy might be thinking. This fascination drives him to become a neuroscientist (or something like that :)), and finally, he creates a machine that can read thoughts! By then, his dog is getting up there, even in dog years, but the boy-now-neuroscientist hooks the dog up to the machine as his first test subject. After all, he was the reason that he went down this research path.
Guess what the first thought to be registered is, from the dog?
“I wonder if humans think.” 🙃
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Oh, how funny. I am not familiar with that story.
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This summer when I’m walking through a field and I keep getting hit by the grasshoppers, I’ll try to not grumble but recall your lovely poem.
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🙂 Wow, you must have a lot of grasshoppers! If I ever get hit by one, I’ll think of your lovely comment and giggle.
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Yes, usually in August 😀
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