Gershon Wolf Poet Couplet

The Locusts are Coming

  The locusts are coming
    They’ll be here soon
  Turning all greenery black
    Obliterating the moon

  Devouring vegetation
    Causing aggravation
  Raising a ruckus and din
    A sorry state the world is in  

  Yet in three weeks they’ll die out
    And I bet you’ll shout
  for joy as their shells go snap-crackle-crunch
    when your pet aardvark eats them for brunch

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J. Summers July 11, 2024 at 6:25 PM I am so disappointed. I don’t know about you but I didn’t see even one cicada. Not even a shell. John Gershon Wolf July 11, 2024 at 7:37 PM Ha! I didn't see one either. Not one. What happened?! Was this just another 'Follow the Science' hoax? Maybe Fauci was behind it lol.

Jerry Brotherton April 4, 2024 at 6:51 PM Do armadillos count? Gershon Wolf April 4, 2024 at 8:55 PM -- only to 6. ~ Pick-Six

J. Summers April 4, 2024 at 5:27 PM They are expected to show up by the trillions. It ought to be quite a ruckus. John Gershon Wolf April 4, 2024 at 8:54 PM There's a llama in this drama and a crocus in this ruckus. ~ Can't rhyme worth a sheet tonight...

Don Iannone April 4, 2024 at 1:29 PM Gershon, Made me laugh! Even the most apocalyptic bug invasion can have a crunchy, satisfying end, especially if you have an aardvark with a taste for locusts. Cheers, Don Gershon Wolf April 4, 2024 at 8:48 PM Aardvark Alert! Color Red! ~ Zanzibar Zookeeper

John Lawless April 4, 2024 at 12:56 PM ...we shoulda finished the wall....

Christina Bowring April 4, 2024 at 10:08 AM Really enjoyed your poem dear Gershon. Very well written couplets. I’ve never had the problem with locusts or even encountered them I think. I can imagine how destructive they must be. I love the line, ‘obliterating the moon’. Very visual. Hope they don’t cause too much trouble for you. Fingers crossed :):) Gershon Wolf April 4, 2024 at 8:57 PM Oh, those locusts will find me. They have ever since I was five, when they were all over the place we lived. And since then every seventeen years, like clockwork. I'll be seventy-four in a month. Do the math. They're coming for me. lol.

Zyrool Gifford April 4, 2024 at 3:23 AM Nicely put my friend. Have a great day. Gershon Wolf April 4, 2024 at 9:01 PM You are the first who's figured out that I used to be a shot-putter. Now I just putter around with poetry. lol. Thanks, Zyrool. ~ Gershon