focused praying mantis still as a stick
clueless prey three times its size—
best friend of gardeners
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Poetry form:  Kimo - An Israeli form of haiku that has three lines with a 10-7-6 syllable format and which does not rhyme. Also, the Kimo is focused on a single frozen image (kind of like a snapshot). So it's uncommon to have any movement happening in kimo poems.