Yellow Jackets

thought for today --
a ten milligram bee
with ten pound stingers

long live the yellow jacket
Copyright © | Year Posted 2012

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Pettit Avatar
September 5, 2012 at 10:47 PM
Did you know that the original name for the NFL Philadelphia Eagles was the Frankford Yellow Jackets? Frankford is a neighborhood section of lower northeast Philadelphia. This is an interesting write.
Culverhouse Avatar
September 4, 2012 at 2:43 PM
those pesky things make me swell and itch like crazy...yikes!! you are probaly talking foot ball though?
Guzzi Avatar
September 4, 2012 at 9:47 AM
LOL too bad his stinker stays behind & and its lose rips his guts out aye? Kame-san said something very interesting to me in private..he said the [haiku moment...in gendai haiku is metaphorical and can occur as a moment in the past or present] XXXOOO
Goff Avatar
September 3, 2012 at 10:36 AM
Never bitten by one! Now Hornets, yes! Good senryu! Charles! Jimbo
Kendrick Avatar
September 2, 2012 at 2:51 PM
Cute...Got a chuckle..Sara
Cayton Avatar
September 2, 2012 at 11:20 AM
I find all of God creatures amazing, though pesty at times, yet the wonderment overweighs. The bugs are bad this year in Ohio because we only had a few freezes and it didn't kill the insects from last year, enjoyed your lil' poem. Cindy
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