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Basically, bashful brownish brazen bugs besotted by bubbling blood browse between bedsheets… best brief: better banish before bedtime; beware body bites! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Contest: Tautogram Poems Sponsor: Eve Roper Placed 3rd © 26th October 2019

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Anil Deo

Date: 12/17/2019 1:54:00 PM

A tautogram is what the Dr. Laughing ordered. Good night, don't let the BUGGERS bite. shalom, shalom. Thx Paul

Paul Callus
Date: 12/17/2019 2:19:00 PM

Thank you for the visit and the smile you elicited, Anil :) Peace & Blessings // paul

Elaine Perrin

Date: 11/7/2019 9:07:00 AM

Fab! Congratulations on your win :-) x

Paul Callus
Date: 11/8/2019 7:36:00 AM

Thank you, Elaine. Best regards :) // paul

Jack Horne

Date: 11/6/2019 2:38:00 PM

yuck - i was literally cringing as i read this (had them once in a hotel bed on the Isle of Wight)

Paul Callus
Date: 11/8/2019 7:38:00 AM

Yours was definitely not a pleasant experience, Jack...gives me the shivers!! Thank you for stopping by. Regards // paul

Jennifer Proxenos

Date: 11/4/2019 11:43:00 AM

Hi Paul, congratulations on your win - I really enjoyed this poem and it is so true, bed bugs are blood sucking terrorists! We have eventually moved and are in our new house which still needs some TLC until it becomes home. However, I am back on track after a two week absence from soup and have a lot of catching up to do. Hugs and warm regards, Jenny.

Paul Callus
Date: 11/6/2019 9:56:00 AM

So pleased to have you back, Jenny! Moving house can be both stressful and rewarding, depending on how one looks at it. I've been away from 1st Nov; now back again, and playing catching up! Warm regards & Hugs // paul

Carolyn Devonshire

Date: 11/3/2019 5:12:00 PM

Well, this is different, Paul! Enjoyed your wonderfully alliterative poem and I see it won a contest, so let me add my congratulations. Hope you are doing well. Hugs, Carolyn

Paul Callus
Date: 11/6/2019 9:48:00 AM

Thank you, Carolyn. This was a fun poem which makes a change from the usual 'serious' ones. Have returned from a short break in Sicily...now I need another holiday to recuperate after all the running around! Hugs // paul

Cecilia Macfarlane

Date: 11/3/2019 9:25:00 AM

Brilliant ! Congrats on your win. Hugs

Paul Callus
Date: 11/6/2019 9:45:00 AM

Thank you, Cecilia; what a pleasant surprise your visit has been:) Warm regards // paul

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 10/31/2019 4:44:00 AM

- Congratulations on your winning poem, Paul :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

Paul Callus
Date: 10/31/2019 7:42:00 AM

Thank you lots, Anne-Lise :) Have a nice day! Hugs // paul

Eve Roper

Date: 10/30/2019 8:52:00 PM

Eek,,, too, Thank you so very much in taking the challenge of creating an Alliteration poem for this contest, Paul, congratulations on your win. Hugs Eve

Paul Callus
Date: 10/31/2019 7:42:00 AM

Thank you, Eve. I didn't expect to be on the winners' list....I was sure these bedbugs would have frightened you away:) Hugs // paul

Kim Rodrigues

Date: 10/30/2019 5:13:00 PM

Eeks!

Paul Callus
Date: 10/30/2019 5:26:00 PM

Understandable :) Thank you for stopping by. Regards // paul

Brenda Chiri

Date: 10/30/2019 1:25:00 AM

Nice poem but nasty critters lol!;)

Paul Callus
Date: 10/30/2019 7:59:00 AM

Thank you, Brenda. Let's banish the critters and just keep the poem :) Regards // paul

Panagiota Romios

Date: 10/28/2019 3:43:00 PM

Best wishes, Paul.. I do so like this poem Panagiota

Paul Callus
Date: 10/29/2019 4:14:00 PM

Thank you, Panagiota. Regards // paul

Linda Milgate

Date: 10/27/2019 10:12:00 PM

Creepy good. Makes me itch.

Paul Callus
Date: 10/29/2019 2:47:00 PM

Thank you for stopping by, Linda. Take care. Regards // paul

Eileen Manassian

Date: 10/27/2019 5:53:00 AM

You are a master mind, my dear. I didn't know you could do so much with the letter b! ;) I'm amazed. Hugs

Paul Callus
Date: 10/27/2019 12:56:00 PM

Thank you, Eileen :) It is a pleasure to have you back; you've been missed. This was a fun poem..can't be serious all the time, can we!:) Hugs // paul

Silent One

Date: 10/27/2019 4:15:00 AM

Bravo, brilliant.....

Paul Callus
Date: 10/27/2019 12:53:00 PM

Thank you for your generosity, S-1...much appreciated. Regards // paul

Ilene Bauer

Date: 10/26/2019 6:27:00 PM

wonderfully written, paul! best of luck in the contest! (saw a cartoon in the new yorker magazine of a mattress sitting by a curb with a note on it that said "one bedbug. keeps to himself," which i thought was hilarious...

Paul Callus
Date: 10/27/2019 9:11:00 AM

Thank you, Ilene. Your pleasant visit and cartoon provide me with a big smile of appreciation :) Best regards // paul

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 10/26/2019 2:52:00 PM

- ... sounds a bit nasty ... and big biting ... very well done by the letter B - Best wishes in the contest, Paul :) - Wish you a lovely weekend ... without bedbugs ...

Paul Callus
Date: 10/26/2019 5:10:00 PM

You are right, Anne-Lise; bedbugs can be nasty; luckily they never come to visit...they know they're not welcome. Have a lovely weekend...Hugs // paul

Vijay Pandit

Date: 10/26/2019 2:27:00 PM

You described them well...good use of "B"..they sure bite..all the best, Paul.

Paul Callus
Date: 10/26/2019 4:56:00 PM

Thank you, Vijay. Eve herself started me off on this Alliteration poem...I spotted the word 'basically' in her contest explanation. Regards // paul

Maureen McGreavy The Insolent Rib

Date: 10/26/2019 2:22:00 PM

Oh my! Terribly well done! Have had those night terrors, nowhere near as much fun as this poem ;), Best for a win! xomo

Paul Callus
Date: 10/26/2019 4:53:00 PM

Thank you, Maureen. We cannot be serious most of the time; fun light poetry can make a pleasant change :) Best regards // paul