Hate Insect Poems

You say you caught a miserable cold, child,
And mother won’t let you play?
“When dawn drifts into enchanted meadows”
Is just the tale for you today!

The silent...

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Pleasant spring like day February 9th, 2024

A scent (and sixth sense predominates),
when apple boughs
and other aromatic flora
laden with blossoms and fruit
gently assail cilia of the...

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In every crevice where I look
Every cranny, every nook
Creeping, crawling in their hoards
It’s my world they head towards

Swarming over every leaf
Numbers that defy belief 
Out...

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I have compassion, at least that’s what I try to tell my children.
I can’t even find it within me to kill a mosquito anymore,
and I...

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I used to hate insects until I met a small spider, 
he was living in my garden making his webs;
that spider would skillfully traverse...

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gnats and mosquitoes
so doggone aggravating
hate to give them time
persisting even though warned
merit electrocution

THIRD PLACE WINNER
written August 29, 2021
especially for "A Buggy Tanka Contest"
sponsored by M.L....

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Sweltering summer temperatures
and warm sultry summer nights
left me scratching my legs red raw
I hate receiving nasty insect bites
 
I’d slather bare limbs with cream
that the...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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I've watched them through the lockdown
busying before my eyes,
they're not in isolation, wearing masks or sanitized.
Bimbling or bumbling, dependent on their mood
they all serve common...

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Pineapple Delight

Today is the first day, 
The rest will all just follow, 
and sometimes get in the way. 
There will be good times, 
bad times,...

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You heard me complain about this and that
Today I glorify in being at the Food Chain's top
Neither sacred bulls, cows, or holy hen are safe
From...

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I hate putting up with bugs,
From ants to roaches or slugs.
They all creep me out,
And some make me shout.
Life would be great without bugs.

Whether they...

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The fly

Delusional fly
Arrogantly despises
Prosperous maggot...

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Mammals shed their hair;
Birds prune and feather their nests;
Snakes crawl out of skins.

Lions stalk their prey.
While birds peck at blades of grass,
Black widows weave webs.

Worker...

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Why are you so scary my friend?
You look like a giant needle!
Stick in my body and suck my blood.
You are a vampire you can fly,
When...

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