Dark Armored Beetle

Poetry
Written By Joshua Wait
Photo of a beetle on a poppy

Beetle on a Poppy / Photo by Joshua Wait

Dark armored beetle
stumbles through flower petals,
copulates, then sighs.

Joshua Wait

Joshua Wait studied English at UC Berkeley. He wrote his undergraduate thesis on the relationship between art and

poetry in the New York School. He received a Masters in Divinity from Princeton Theological Seminary. He has served in programs for children, youth, and college students, in an organization addressing climate change, and in the tech industry as a CTO. He currently divides his time between his family and his artistic practice.

https://www.bluerivers.org
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