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Sweltering summer temperatures and warm sultry summer nights left me scratching my legs red raw I hate receiving nasty insect bites I’d slather bare limbs with cream that the chemist had given me Bites are an issue that I live with itchy red legs are quite unsightly Every beach dress skims the earth and I ensure I spray all my skin But these heartless hungry critters find a gap and they get stuck in! I’ve spent all my hard earned cash yet have been unable find a cure Why can’t these creepy crawlies abstain, their bites I can’t endure A friend suggested that I purchase a new-fangled electric bug racquet It zaps the pesky bugs with each swat and E-Bay didn’t charge me a packet! The package arrived back in May with my electric zapper I’m smitten I’ll carry it with me all summer I am certain I’ll never get bitten! Lipogram Poem Poetry Contest Sponsored by Emile Pinet Letter O has been omitted Rhyme checked with rhymezone 06/17/21

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Joanna Daniel

Date: 7/1/2021 1:35:00 AM

Ha ha, they needed it, well writ, Jan, congratulations:)

Aniruddha Pathak

Date: 6/30/2021 10:29:00 PM

Interesting read of a poem well writ. To venture a suggestion, the only remedy against these 'hungry critters' as you say is: be thick skinned, almost a pachyderm if ye can...which alas few poets can, congrats for a fine win

Beata Agustin

Date: 6/30/2021 8:15:00 PM

Wow! Congrats! Thanks for sharing this... making me chuckle... with glee. God bless you.

Rama Balasubramanian

Date: 6/30/2021 5:29:00 PM

Back again with congrats. Wonderful write.

Jan Allison
Date: 6/30/2021 5:37:00 PM

thanks Rama:-) hugs Jan xx

Paula Goldsmith

Date: 6/30/2021 12:38:00 PM

Congratulations on your win. A creative/cute write. Love It. Guess we all need one for the summer. Have a blessed day with your win and new "electric bug racquet."...........................

Jan Allison
Date: 6/30/2021 5:37:00 PM

I dont possess one lol but i have a friend who does:-) hugs Jan xx

Emile Pinet

Date: 6/30/2021 11:30:00 AM

Congratulations Jan! Your amazing poem "DIE DIE PESKY FLY " came in "Third" in my contest. You should take pride, it was a most difficult form to master and you did it justice. Very well done my friend, Emile.

Jan Allison
Date: 6/30/2021 12:06:00 PM

Thanks Emile, i will make sure i read the rules next time but i did get 2 poems out of it, I do enjoy this challenge, i have only written it for your contests:-) hugs jan xx

Gershon Wolf

Date: 6/21/2021 8:11:00 PM

nO fly-Overs fOr yOu!! lol... Maybe you've got a song in you, Jan: 'Die, die Miss American Fly!' ~ Don McLean

Jan Allison
Date: 6/30/2021 12:05:00 PM

ha ha ha:-) hugs jan xx

Jenna Logan

Date: 6/18/2021 4:53:00 PM

Every porch certainly needs one of those, especially at night! Good job on creating this one.

Jan Allison
Date: 6/30/2021 12:05:00 PM

I am so glad we dont get mosquitos!:-) hugs jan xx

Alexis Y.

Date: 6/18/2021 1:20:00 PM

WoW! Jan, My head aches just thinking about this challenging form. You my friend hit the ball out of the part with this write. I can’t stand insects that bite either. Best wishes in the contest. Excellent job. Have a wonderful day and weekend:-) Alexis

Jan Allison
Date: 6/30/2021 12:05:00 PM

thanks so much Alexis:-) hugs jan xx

Michelle Faulkner

Date: 6/18/2021 12:16:00 PM

There is no way I can even attempt this challenge and you have mastered it so brilliantly, I hate getting bug bites too! Looks like a top winner to me :)

Jan Allison
Date: 6/30/2021 12:04:00 PM

I only got bitten once in Malta and Victor came to the rescue and rubbed lemon juice on the bite!:-) hugs Jan xx

Eve Roper

Date: 6/18/2021 7:33:00 AM

Love the poem, Jan, once again your humor is marvelous. The mosquitos have been bad with the rain. Hugs Eve

Jan Allison
Date: 6/30/2021 12:03:00 PM

we are lucky we dont have them but we do get flies and wasps:-( hugs jan xx

Tom Cunningham

Date: 6/18/2021 4:35:00 AM

Can't stand those flies, give me spiders any day lol. Saw one of those racquets in Turkey, its like playing tennis, Hope your weather is better than ours. Rain, rain and more rain. Tom

Jan Allison
Date: 6/30/2021 12:03:00 PM

our friend has one for her garden zzz doesnt half make a noise:-( hugs jan xx

Connie Marcum Wong

Date: 6/18/2021 3:12:00 AM

Wow Jan, I give you a lot of credit for writing a poem for this challenging contest. I could never wrap my brain around it. I will bet it does well in the contest. I am off to bed. blessings xxoo

Jan Allison
Date: 6/30/2021 12:02:00 PM

thanks Connie, its my second attempt i wrote one with U then found u wasn't one of the letters we were to not include :-( hugs jan xx

L Milton Hankins

Date: 6/17/2021 12:17:00 PM

Super jib, Jan. I liked it a while lit. Luck in the cintest.

Jan Allison
Date: 6/30/2021 12:01:00 PM

thanks Milt lol:-) hugs Jan xx

L Milton Hankins
Date: 6/18/2021 8:34:00 AM

chuckle!

Tom Cunningham
Date: 6/18/2021 4:36:00 AM

Lol, Milton thought I'd spotted a typo, then the penny dropped.

Ilene Bauer

Date: 6/17/2021 12:00:00 PM

Glad to hear it’s fiction, Jan! Best of luck in the contest - it sounds like it was quite a challenge but you’ve done an excellent job…

Jan Allison
Date: 6/30/2021 12:00:00 PM

thanks Ilene:-) hugs jan xx

Jennifer Proxenos

Date: 6/17/2021 11:21:00 AM

Hi Jan, We have one of those and thank goodness we do, Africa's hohos are bigger and bolder and bite deeper. Only thing is we have to keep the racquet on them for far longer before they die! Great write, love it. Hugs and blessings, Jennifer.

Jan Allison
Date: 6/17/2021 11:23:00 AM

I have never even seen one of the racquets lol it's cruel I guess but I would get one if necessary, thankfully its fiction for me :-) hugs jan xx

Rico Leffanta

Date: 6/17/2021 11:18:00 AM

Nice work, but swatting keeps your heart pumping more blood to attract the blood suckers! Take comfort in the fact you needn't worry about ticks, scorpions, et al .......

Jan Allison
Date: 6/17/2021 11:22:00 AM

Thankfully it's fiction lol just wanted to try and write again for emiles contest xx hugs Jan

Terry Flood

Date: 6/17/2021 11:04:00 AM

I’m lucky I don’t get bitten too often. Annie must taste good because she becomes a mossy banquet every summer. I’ve got two of those electrocuters and every time a fly becomes a firework I feel like doing a lap of honour. So I sympathise on Annie’s behalf. All the best in the contest, Jan. Terry

Jan Allison
Date: 6/17/2021 11:21:00 AM

I got bitten once in Malta, Victor rubbed the bite with lemon ... job done noneed for zapper we dont have mossies nearby :-) hugs Jan xx

Chris Green

Date: 6/17/2021 10:31:00 AM

I've got one of those but it seems there are more flies than I could swat at this year. They are out of control. That was fun Jan. Best wishes in the contest

Jan Allison
Date: 6/17/2021 11:19:00 AM

Pure fiction for me thankfully:-) Hugs Jan xx

Rama Balasubramanian

Date: 6/17/2021 10:17:00 AM

Wonderful entry! All the best for contest!

Jan Allison
Date: 6/17/2021 11:18:00 AM

Thanks Rama: -) hugs Jan xx