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summer mugginess
rain bringing out pesty pest
biting sting, quick slap
vile blood sucking mosquitoes
brush away annoying flies

8/19/2021

A Buggy Tanka Contest Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: M. L. Kiser

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JCB Brul Date: 9/12/2021 3:48:00 PM Ouch, I could feel the bites!!! This is what I hate about summer..They proliferate and annoy us…Congratulations Eve! Best wishes.. Login to Reply

Heidi Sands Date: 9/12/2021 12:59:00 PM Great one Eve! Congratulations :) Login to Reply

Paula Goldsmith Date: 9/12/2021 11:08:00 AM Congratulations on your win. A fun write and picture. Please, no bugs. Have a blessed day................... Login to Reply

Beata Agustin Date: 9/12/2021 3:33:00 AM Wow! Congrats! Thanks for sharing this, even the photo. Thanks likewise for my placement in your recently-judged contest. God bless you. Login to Reply

Krish Radhakrishna Date: 9/12/2021 12:43:00 AM Congrats Eve on a biting message! very nice tanka! Login to Reply

Jennifer Proxenos Date: 8/24/2021 11:25:00 AM I HATE MOSQUITOES BUT THE LOVE ME. THEY ARE SO ANNOYING AND IF YOR HAPPEN TO HAVE ONE IN YOUR BEDROOM AT NIGHT, YOU CAN FORGET A GOOD NIGHTS SLEEP. I GOT MALARIA AS A CHILD IN NOW ZIMBABWE, THEN SOUTHERN RHODESIA, WAS VERY SICK. GREAT WRITE MY POETIC SIS, HUGS AND BLESSINGS, JENNIFER. Login to Reply

Constance La France Date: 8/20/2021 1:44:00 PM Eve, you captured the scene perfectly, exactly what happens when I step outside in the evening to enjoy my garden porch ~ Constance Login to Reply

Rico Leffanta Date: 8/20/2021 11:39:00 AM The Bible says Eve got the first bite;woe is us! Login to Reply

Tom Cunningham Date: 8/20/2021 11:17:00 AM Lol, the downside of summer, my pet hate are wasps. Tom Login to Reply

Supraja Kannan Date: 8/20/2021 9:41:00 AM That's a lovely write... Beautiful Buggy tanka, Eve... Reads like a winner... Login to Reply

Victor Buhagiar Date: 8/20/2021 1:06:00 AM This year I have been lucky. Very few mosquitoes and a rare fly. Hugs. Login to Reply