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Mosquito In Winter

MOSQUITO IN WINTER A mosquito hovering over me, nearly June, With no direction whatsoever, well after noon, This pest had lost its way, Needed sun, had gone astray, Fooled by the heat of today, will disappear soon!

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Caycay Jennings

Date: 5/28/2019 3:40:00 PM

Your mosquito poem is lighthearted and playful that makes me, as a reader, feel the same. I want to share that I was going to write a mosquito poem out of anger that would have reflected same. They love me, I can protect crowds from them just by being present. The other night I got more than 10 bites in under s minute which cause swelling/burn/itching - I loathe them. Yours is much more beneficial to lifting moods! Hug w/ back pats ... CayCay

Jennifer Proxenos
Date: 5/30/2019 12:51:00 AM

But ours are much more dangerous , not as dangerous as further North in Africa, but they still warn us to take tablets before,during and after our trip to the park, as it borders onto Mozambique. Don't you have something you can spray all over you if you are sitting outside in the evening, or light a special candle the hardware shops sell to keep them at bay, they sound as if they really feast on you! Pesky things, I hate them! Love you thanks for a lovely comment, Jenny.

Paul Callus

Date: 5/22/2019 2:21:00 PM

A most enjoyable Limerick, Jenny! Whichever part of the world we live in, mosquitoes tend to come pay us an unwelcome visit. Luckily they do not appear to like me or my blood:) ~ Warm regards & hugs // paul

Jennifer Proxenos
Date: 5/25/2019 11:55:00 AM

What an advantage you have on them, you can daze or zap them without them even knowing - dangerous visitors - I think I'm maybe immune, because I've had malaria as a child. Great comment Paul. Warm regards and hugs, Jennifer.

Lindsay Laurie

Date: 5/19/2019 11:34:00 PM

G'day Jennifer ... I can hear the sound of the mozzie disappearing - SWAT! Thank you Jennifer - Lindsay

Jennifer Proxenos
Date: 5/20/2019 12:59:00 PM

Dangerous pests who have been responsible for thousands upon thousands of deaths through the Malaria disease that they carry and new and more dangerous strains have been discovered - cerebral malaria is everyone's dread - in fact it has been suggested that the big five become the big six with mosquitoes coming 6th in line! thanks for a fun comment Lindsay, Hugs, Jennifer.

Eve Roper

Date: 5/18/2019 3:26:00 PM

Good one Jennifer, with all the rain we have had they are starting to show their pointy spears. Hugs Eve

Jennifer Proxenos
Date: 5/19/2019 2:09:00 AM

Hi Eve, they are increasingly getting stronger and mightier and news strains of mosquitoes have been revealed - do you know that suitcases are one of the ways these mosquitoes travel, people pack, and there is perhaps one in their clothes and it survives until unpacked and then pierces you. Thanks for the visit my friend and your very relevant comment. Hugs, Jennifer.

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 5/18/2019 2:57:00 PM

- No risk of a mosquito bite here, thankfully :) - Hope it's like the bear ... goes to sleep in the winter :) - Very strange to think about ... winter in JUNE :) - Best wishes for a wonderful weekend, my soul sister :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

Jennifer Proxenos
Date: 5/19/2019 1:46:00 AM

If there is dear Anne-Lise in winter, it is very rare and only because so far we are having a mild winter where our day time temperature goes up to 26 degrees centigrade! Weather patterns and night and day patterns always intrigue me - thank you my Sunshine Smile, I hope you are having a lovely weekend also! Hugs, Jennifer

Gershon Wolf

Date: 5/17/2019 3:10:00 PM

This limerick has a certain bite and a sting to it---if not a buzz. Enjoy the poem---and slap that little pest silly, Jennifer! LOL. :) gw

Jennifer Proxenos
Date: 5/19/2019 1:35:00 AM

Its actually more like a whine, maybe the S. African ones have adopted this noise to warn us that a killer is about to bite us - up in North Africa, malaria has killed thousands upon thousands maybe even millions of people, mostly children and infants, by this deadly disease carried by mosquitoes. There, cerebral malaria is the norm. Having said that we met a lady at a mutual friends house who was bitten whilst in the Kruger National Park - we always ask the doctor for a script and take the first tablet before, we arrive then again after our visit - one a week for 6 weeks - don't take any chances! This lady got cerebral malaria, but I have not heard of any other case. I do slap them silly LOL, when I hear or see one! Hugs, Jennifer.

Allen Beilschmidt Sr.

Date: 5/17/2019 8:43:00 AM

well put Jennifer. I read where you said you are dealing with winter. Where are you from?

Jennifer Proxenos
Date: 5/17/2019 10:00:00 AM

Hi Allen , I am in Johannesburg South Africa, and mosquitoes are prolific throughout the continent of Africa. They carry malaria and have therefore been responsible for thousands of deaths much further north of S. Africa. as a child caught malaria when we lived in Zimbabwe, then Rhodesia, and I understand was lucky to have survived. Our winter season is June through to end of August. Thanks for a great comment Allen. Hugs, Jennifer.

Swetha Vangaveti

Date: 5/17/2019 6:53:00 AM

Poor mosquito :(

Jennifer Proxenos
Date: 5/17/2019 8:38:00 AM

Well he did get lost - wanted to go back to the sunshine - a mosquito gave me malaria as a child - was very ill but survived - certainly not my best friends! Thanks for the visit Swetha - hugs, Jennifer.

Hilo Poet

Date: 5/16/2019 8:56:00 PM

In Hawaii, they're the cause for so many tourist photos being so blurry, for having their free hand waving away so wildly Jennifer, Aloha wk

Jennifer Proxenos
Date: 5/17/2019 8:54:00 AM

Hi William thank you for your lovely comments - poor tourists, think they have taken a lovely snapshot until they discover the mosquito has destroyed their moment! Hugs, Jennifer.

Jan Allison

Date: 5/16/2019 3:26:00 PM

makes me so glad we dont have these pesky critters here:-) hugs Jan xx

Jennifer Proxenos
Date: 5/17/2019 8:58:00 AM

Every country I guess have insects or animals or reptiles that give some kind of problem, somehow - they are thinking of adding onto the big five and making it the big six (The Mosquito) as it has caused thousands of deaths on this continent. Hugs, Jennifer.

Vijay Pandit

Date: 5/16/2019 3:18:00 PM

Captured by the eye and the pen of a poetess..I feel the buzz of mosquito in your expert words, Jennifer.

Jennifer Proxenos
Date: 5/17/2019 9:38:00 AM

Thank-you - what a beautiful kind comment and compliment - Mosquitos have a distinctive buzz and they always appear the night you have forgotten to spray! Poetry hugs Jennifer.

Gordon Mcconnell

Date: 5/16/2019 2:54:00 PM

Nice one Jennifer, good penning! Hope things ok with you and hubby and you are standing strong. Prayerfully yours,Gordon

Jennifer Proxenos
Date: 5/17/2019 1:24:00 AM

Thanks Gordon - we have had our elections on the 8th May and the same party came in, but not with as many votes as the previous elections - we have a new President Cyril Ramaphosa who we are all comfortable with and he has promised many changes and future plans for S. Africa - hubby and I like him! Hugs, Jennifer.

Tom Cunningham

Date: 5/16/2019 2:44:00 PM

The quicker it disappears the better , better get the fly swat ready lol. Tom

Jennifer Proxenos
Date: 5/17/2019 1:15:00 AM

I certainly will Tom but they are lazy when they find themselves lost in the wrong season, I think the mosquito wont survive another night however, our cold winter nights are progressively getting colder. Hugs, Jennifer.