Whiz-bang the Frog
Whiz-bang the frog
And Toodles the dragonfly
Sit by the pond
Watching the caddisflies
They sing La Ti Da!
They sing Fa La La!
And then Wah-Wah Woo!
A chorus of Doo Wappa Doo!
They sing with the zebra fish,
Under the moon,
And buzz with the skeeters,
Staying in tune.
Knats strum the reeds
Like beats on a bass,
The crickets chirp in
With tunes from the knotgrass.
Damselflies, water bugs
Harmonize a tone poem
And hum serenades
In drowsy overtones.
Skater bugs scat
All over the pond
While Whiz-bang and Toodles
Lead the pond sing-a-long.
6-3-23
Contest: W T F
Sponsor: John Lawless
According to www.Positive Words that Start with "W," whiz-bang is one word.
Categories:
skeeters, insect, song, water,
Form: Rhyme
The moths get through the screen somehow
And when I walk outside,
The gnats and skeeters buzz around -
There’s no place you can hide.
The ants, at times, invade the house
And maybe, curled up tight,
A millipede will show, which is
A most unwelcome sight.
I haven’t seen the bees or wasps
But spiders must be here.
Their webs and those entrapped provide
The proof that they are near.
The country’s filled with bugs galore
And we can coexist,
But once they’re on my turf,
The handy swatter I enlist.
Categories:
skeeters, insect,
Form: Rhyme
Masks below noses and slush that turns icy.
Sharp thorns on roses and food that’s too spicy.
Waits for vaccines - the frustration it brings -
These are among my least favorite things.
Ted Cruz escaping while Texans are freezing.
Smoking and vaping and coughing and sneezing.
Ex-politicians who think they are kings -
These are among my least favorite things.
Cameras on Zoom that reveal every wrinkle.
Soggy French fries cut to needlessly crinkle.
Skeeters that itch you and bees giving stings -
These are among my least favorite things.
When the sun shines, when the snow melts,
When I’m feeling glad,
I simply remember my least favorite things
And man, I start feeling mad!
Categories:
skeeters, me,
Form: Rhyme
The skeeters have scattered all about once more
They hide among dragonflies while trying to soar
Nimble, they quickly contrive to dodge every swat
I can still hear them buzzing, afraid to get caught
Dragonflies are friendly, but if they turn their backs
Wily skeeters feast on their blood in devious attacks
But like every old skeeter, their time will soon come
There are too many dragonflies for them to run from
There is a moral to this story, which I am glad to tell
Careful who you bite; some will ring your death knell
Dragonflies are spunky and always stand their ground
You can’t pretend to be innocent with so many around
Categories:
skeeters, nature,
Form: Rhyme
thought i'd scoop a hole
then fill it in (repeat myself)
saw a first dragon fly of the season
the second day of 1/2 through a 12 month year
12 seconds to 2:12 (today)
such gorgeous creatures
people entice these beings themselves
what with black flies and skeeters
attracted to human animal sweat
those flying dragons are our friends
they only want what bugs us most
(kinda like...nature's door to door flying doctors : )
stan sand
Categories:
skeeters, adventure, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
The porch light is an invitation
With an open bar,
Attracting flying critters
To exactly where you are
Or will be, if you left the house,
Returning in the dark
And hoping not to trip between
Your door and where you'd park.
Yet, with clouds of moths and gnats and skeeters
Swarming 'round your head,
You'll conclude that tripping in the dark
You might prefer instead.
Categories:
skeeters, house,
Form: Rhyme
Living river glistens and laughs
teasing, as it swirls past eddies
slipping freely over smooth stones
pushing tadpoles and skeeters 'round
meandering through sun dappled meadows
splashing forth fluid songs, making trees smile.
Written on 2/27/2017
Categories:
skeeters, fun, life, river,
Form: Verse
More Woe To Florida
By Elton Camp
Living in Florida sure ain't grand
There's skeeters, flies and sand
Lotta old folks with leathery skin
And house prices dropped again
The tap water is yellow and foul
Gators and snakes make 'em howl
If the sea level happens to rise
Then underwater much of it lies
Now it may have a double punch
A hurricane & a Republican bunch
How much more can they take
Before they get a bad belly ache
Categories:
skeeters, funny,
Form: Rhyme
Mosquitoes subsiding
we torque the last nut
air it up
check the pressure
and gently replace the wheel cover.
Drenched in sweat
with bumpy skin having
satiated the skeeters
we drive off into the sunset
to test our work.
It works!
So do we.
Written at 10:53 EDT on July 21, 2012
Categories:
skeeters, happiness,
Form: Free verse
Living in the Sunshine State
By Elton Camp
The climate is mild most of the year
Earthquakes, residents need not fear
The hot sun is warmly on your neck
Get skin cancer? Oh, what the heck.
Susan’s house is right on the canal
Where skeeters buzz & reptiles prowl
Her yard is a mixture of grass & sand
But she thinks Florida is just so grand
When to her bathroom she made a call
She let out a loud, frightened squall
Because right there in her toilet floor
Stood a creature she surely did abhor
The alligator gave out a terrible hiss
The danger poor Susan couldn’t miss
Animal control came & took it away
Susan did a job right on that very day
So that could never happen any more
She promptly nailed up the doggy door
Categories:
skeeters, funny,
Form: Rhyme
I laid my heart
against the brightness of this board that is my
computer. I have
enough energy, time and
space to unlock the typos of my
aged mind. But again, I hear
the scraggy stilettos whoosh above my head,
pirouetting for a step that can juggle with my
sigh. Typing my next emotion, these skeeters--
torturers of my lushness would turn to each other
and talk (though I forbade them) that my typing is
slow and not been that easy. So, I put impatiently
the weightless hands of hour ‘tween us. And after, I
have collected their remains from cold floor, I realize
my wife’s watching me from a mystic island of sleep.
Categories:
skeeters, life, on work and
Form: Lyric
A skeeter hit my windshield,
This I surely knew.
He flew across in front of me
As many skeeters do.
The skeeter that hit my windshield
Was a frisky little dude!
He wanted to ride with me, I reckon
But what a way to intrude!
In Lonoke County, Arkansas,
Where skeeters are known to be.
Is where I ran over this overgrown bug
Or he tried to run over me.
If you’re not from this area, you wouldn’t know,
But please try to understand.
There’s some big ol’ skeeters here in Arkansas
Some only a fraction as big as a man.
An Arkansas skeeter hit my windshield,
Boy he made a big ol’ thump.
When these skeeter hit your windshield
You’ll think you hit a speed bump!
Categories:
skeeters, animals, children, funny, places,
Form: I do not know?