Short Pesty Poems

picking up all trash 
guarantees no pesty bugs 
your food will be safe...

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broken shells in drive
squirrels scampering in yard
smart little critters...

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summer mugginess
rain bringing out pesty pest
biting sting, quick slap
vile blood sucking mosquitoes
brush away annoying flies

8/19/2021

A Buggy Tanka Contest Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: M. L. Kiser...

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a fluttering bug
a fly, gnat, mosquito soars
around my head and
~
through it all flies stalls
intermittent behavior
pesty flying bugs

9/26/21
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. ©2021...

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It's September again,
Cool, September,
Aloof September,
With her haunting memories.
I refuse to get out of bed today!
There will be no laughter or music and
I have closed the shutters to block rays
Of the pesty sun!
Oh, September,
Goooooo! ... and
Take my blue days with you!...

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Number 15 rumbles a regular route,
Whining about the dew-drop hours.
A friend used to hang on and shout,
"Top-of-the-line!" Sucking fruit sours.

Underrated, invaluable, civil necessity.
Removing debris for the wasteful Whos.
Salting and plowing the frozen density.
Protection from plagues of pesty refuse.

Garbage to be his last embrace.
Toxic weight on asthma lungs,
While indulging a smokey taste.
I say, "Shoot it all into the sun!"...

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The Fox

Sly fox with pointed ears upright
With snout twitching and lips smirking,
And crafty eyes intently watching
For prey location revealing.

White chest and cheeks in a red fur coat,
Sporting a bushy tail for balance and warmth.
Sneaky predator, night stalker,
Pesty threat to poultry farmers.

The vixen with kits hides in the den,
Waits the arrival of the dog out hunting;
Who gives chase and pounces on a snowshoe hare,
His eyes expressing a satisfied result....

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