Long Insecticides Poems

Bewitched with irri-
tating glows,they ransacks the
purse and 'ijawo'; those rats!

Breaking news;
The Headline: "3 husky rats
ransacking the purse of the nation."
The news: As noted in the
headline of today's consciousness-leaking
news. We'll have to say this with
Annointed regret...

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When I  was a young boy

                    I used to watch with awe

   ...

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Silent Lies and Deception


In the silence of murky waters
There slithers oily snakes of the night
Wearing masks of deception
Beware of fools singing with Stalin’s tongue

The KGB shall set you free
Drowning you in the river Volga
The cold...

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*Image of Me Flirting by Gfycat.
Tatiana Needed Support To Come Out

Lil' Tatiana her stomach like butterflies,
Could not speak in public, had doctor analyze,
Prescribed taking lessons and try to improvise,
Instead, the butterflies started to colonize.

Insecticides were...

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I WISH I WEREN’T A COCKROACH
by
JOHN M. ARRIBAS


I wish I weren’t a cockroach, its no fun at all
People stomp on me, if they find me in the hall
I need to hide in gloomy spots, niches...

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Aren’t we all repository of talents many?
Some of them may be hibernating snug.
But they wait eager to wake up, 
At the opportune time like dormant buds,
At the first fond touch of spring.

Gardening is one of...

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It's passing strange;
I never liked bees very much.
--thought them ugly, mean and hazardous.
But now they disappear, 
together with the crops dependent
on them to survive. My sentiments
have crossed the battlefield and joined
a more quixotic enemy--one who...

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Mosquitoes rarely come at you, face to face. This is a classic sneak-attack kinda enemy, often found behind one's head, or about navel height. After a year in these tropics doing missionary work, I use...

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Apoleia-Phobia

Insects walk on six legs but some can fly unless
          Insecticides take over
             ...

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Villanelle: The Dilemma of the Non-Violent – 36

All day long we kill to keep the home clean
Insecticides aerosols rat poison
The killer instinct makes us bold and mean

Down by the pond mosquitoes wake and preen
Time to...

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The Lord is my master;
I shall not want.
He makes me plough a small 
farmland;
He leads me beside as I sow to reap.
He restores my strength;
He leads me in the paths of 
honesty
For His name’s sake.
Yea,...

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For my skin - hidden blood
Abandons neighbouring feeding forest
Dumping the nearby, friendly gutter

After a heavy washing flood
Hijacks long sleep and short rest
Forcing us to malevolent curses utter

With all manner of men getting into trouble
Who attack...

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You will not recognize her,
You of the careless eye
But we gardeners who know her work
Will sometimes chance to spy

The speeding little wood nymph
As she wields her small paint brush 
Giving pansies their sweet faces
And the...

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In the garden of love 
You might have never planted seeds 
But in hundreds in the farthest corners 
Swing in waves the heads of unwanted weeds 

Before they become tall and ugly 
And prevent anything...

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A farmer praised a bird for its capability
Of eating up all the insects upon the crops:
Fantastic! It certainly contributes to high yields
Of crops enough for everyone a finer year

The bird listened but didn't conceive appropriate...

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I don’t want Swine flu
So no more pork for me
I don’t want Bird flu
So no chicken fricassee
I don’t want mad cow disease
So no more Beef for me
I don’t want Salmonella
So no dippy eggs for tea...

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Insects are pests that we must kill    
Because their value comes to nil.
Against them all we declare war   
With our insecticides galore.
Soon those buzzing bugs all have gone.  ...

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