Son Insect Poems

Music notes of my son's trombone
Sneak out from the front door
Flow into our front yard,
I Follow them 
To find fireflies every where;

The stage is set
Crickets...

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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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There was a little ladybug in my house tonight
that means pleasing luck and prosperity hindsight
as her son Jesus riding a pack animal burro
Mary Ladybird our...

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Once upon a time, this obstinate beastie boy
(i.e. yours truly, or none other than me)
fought tooth and nail,
(hence the reason I wear dentures)
against maturation, and...

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Don’t bee late for Flight-school


Ok…Are you sure you have got everything that you need?
There is nothing you have forgotten?
Nothing you want to get before you...

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BeeTV


What is that Dude?  That’s the TV Son.
What does it do?  Oh it lots of fun!
There are these bees, you see, they act...

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The Kalahari 


Kneaded clay
Form creases 
The thirst of desert  
blinding dust and wind 
Collide of wave and tide 

Females carry the tribe 
Their large...

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Lord Love A Duck

Quacky little bird call
When you hear it coming duck!
If farmer Fudd is after you
You're running out of luck

Totin' shotgun and bird shot,
Son,...

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He sat up in the corner and he sensed impending doom
With two ‘two leggers’ flat against the wall across the room
His mother said don’t worry...

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A LOUSY HOTEL

Son went to his hotel room after a delicious lunch
When he opened the door there was a loud crunch
There were huge cockroaches crawling...

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There is a town in Austin
they call "the Roach Motel,"
for many a poor roach that entered there
a sticky fate befell.
Now roaches, you keep our of...

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I made a U turn at dusk as dark night creeps  upon me
I tried to catch my breath from the horrible smell that was...

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A toddler’s heels wham… flip flop flip flop 
Annoyed by the sound that runs non-stop,
Dad grabs a plug to cover his ears
While an army of...

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There was a drunk bumblebee
High as a tall forest tree
Doing drugs and alcohol
Every day having a ball
Until his boss said to him
You are fired bumble...

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A spider traipsed onto my knee
While I was reading in the bath
Though most might jump and scream and flee,
I just gave a little laugh

A baby...

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