The fearsome sight of an armor
To an army ‘pleasing glamour,’
Now confirmed a raging rumor
Of that nice folks loathe like tumor…
A long thriving peace is over,
Bleak wars beginning to hover;
Here, right now, Soldiers’ Range Rover
Their helicopter “I’d take cover!”
For us all a jammed peace talk:
War lurks: Her trusted hunters stalk…
Great names just sent into exile
Are saying “Now time for missile!”
All of a sudden damned hostile
Men others had adjudged docile.
As if waiting for August, bullet buds
were ready to explode in front of shrubs.
Now they are blushing bursting in your face,
rich shades of pink, radiant in this space.
Beneath the apple tree their perfume drifts.
Hover flies are drawn, as the scent emits,
to powdered stamens trembling in the breeze,
and petals as a star attract the bees.
All this comes from a gift that we had placed
in the only vacant space and in haste
some years ago to let them grow all chaste
at our garden's heart which they have graced.
With you I feel compelled this sight to share.
Imagine if you can the fragrance there.
An ad on the Internet says “hover to expand”
Appears kinda sexual, strange it hasn't been banned
Is it just li'l old me
Or do other peeps see
The sexual connotations tempting each innocent man
'Like the silence that screams, cursing solitude...
whispers of faith sing patiently with prayers.'
(Quoted by Regina Mc Intosh)
Hung suspended from hive rafters hexagonal
Leader Lady Ruler Bee gorges imprudent
Heavy duty seeps striped desirous abdominal
Workers hover, rush beneath Queen exuberant
Team enthusiasm pumps a syrup scaffold
Propolis produces massed mission belligerent
Numb buzzing bumblers fumble fated cuckold
Hunger for cohesion, gold body encompass
Busy anonymous paupers, sources unresolved
Eager in sweetness, clan clustered accomplice
Reverently fulfills each gluttonous request
Swift need swords stung in caustic redundance
Plump with pupae, flightless wings flouresced
Polar iceberg cream honey hearts can't ingest
13th January 2021
Written for Contest: Terza Rima Quote
Sponsor: Regina Mc Intosh
An ad on the Internet says “hover to expand”
Appears kinda sexual, strange it hasn't been banned
Is it just li'l old me
Or do other peeps see
The sexual connotations tempting each innocent man
ah!?
the scent
you!
flower
let!
my humming
b...!
heard gently
tasting!
your sweet
bl...!
..ossoms
my!
sense...'s
stay!
on you
all!?
day long
your!
presence
roundt!
corrals me
to!
sense
your!
pleasures
to!
be sought
stan sand
1st vs
I have been a champion.
I have went to school.
I am not forgotten
nor do I act real cool
but life can be a struggle
if you're walking in the rain
play this party double
to hide the pain
2nd vs
I haven't been to jail
no trouble have I caused
no need for any bail
no band-aid and no gauze
for I have ran from silence
when interrupted from it's spear
I'm on navigation demilance
yet anger nigh is here
chorus
Transformation confrontation
as love is my cover
Transformation no patient
the angel's now do hover
chorus repeat
Behind Saint John's church,
The dirty boys used to play truth or dare
with the dirty girls a few blocks down.
Most of the time we chose dare
because we were ready to feel fire.
In that darkened parking lot, we ignored God and Saint John.
In turn, I think they understood young lust.
Because never once did they stop us.
Perhaps preferring to hover and watch-
Clad in black white strips,
Herald of muggy summers arrive.
With alert feathery antennae,
She begins hovering around.
I was literally dumbfound!
I mean! how dare she enter unannounced!
Even the cop needs cause and justification.
How come she has no reservations!
She just says, “Mozzie is here to stay!”
Hey! What is this way?
Without any warning she inserts her proboscis.
Doesn’t ever bother, it might make me sick.
In my breath she found her favourite CO2.
She blushed and said, “O dear, I love you!”
She gave me a deadly bite on my neck,
For my blood is now her delight.
Hell! Why I can’t smack her flight?
For She wasn’t a loyal lover,
To locate her next feast, she again began to hover!
06/03/2019
Hover boards
I thought they flew
My children want them now
Ones I meet daily often do
Catching fire? Levitate child? What truth?
You have surely heard the rumors
Hyped by advertisers
I thought they flew
Hover boards
Hover cars.
Who needs them?
Los Angeles.
Maybe if they had them, the gangs would stop fighting.
Hover cars.
Have they been invented yet?
I am sure they have.
Let's get them out onto the highways, and stop the road rage.
Hover cars.
Built for congested freeways.
For people who spend four hours a day in their cars.
Pretending to like something on the radio.
How can we get them to Los Angeles? Fast!
a hover of trout
under the arch of the bridge . .
rainbow in the sky
April 18, 2018 for Mick Talbot's haiku contest
Theme: fish
If you see an ad on the Net that says “hover to expand”
Appears kinda sexual, strange it hasn't been banned
Is it just li'l old me
Or do other peeps see
The sexual connotations tempting each innocent man
Discovered a new computer term, “Hover To Play!”
Applied to the bedroom, hmm, interesting I'd say
Let your mind take flight
Tell me, “how was your night?”
I'd continue but the rest of my story is a wee bit risque
J. Edgar Hover
Was a political mover.
He ran the F.B.I. with success
Despite the rumors he liked to cross-dress.
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