Swats Poems - Poems about Swats

AFT THE STORM

...aft’ the storm’s the cure
the salt licks his face

though trenches’s formed
as foam settles down

will his Tessie rest
in his windward eyes

will she lay on his treasure chest
hearing the e...

Unassailable Purity

...It's the look of anticipation in a preschoolers eyes
as he holds your hand near the playground gazing in skies.

It's the prolonged kiss when the preacher says to the couple side by side
“I prono...

This Should Not Be Happening In 2023

...Forget being an anarchist
Forget being a feminist
Forget being anti racist

Her body is swaying to the sound of music
A man holds her waist and they dance
His fingers go lower
She swats them a...

Nothing Moves the Moon

...The customs men shake their heads
and watch the women enter Mexico.
Three with skirts, white socks,
one with jeans 
and proper blouse.
Seventeen, eighteen
just out of Concord Academy
in a blac...

The Good Old Days Not For Contest

...Taking your sisters skates 
taring them apart
nailing them to wood
skating to the park

Selling homing pigeons
For fifty cents
waiting for their return
Then, selling them once again

My fir...

The Bear and the Ballerina

...grizzly grazing a meadow
pretending not to notice the dancer
wind shifting-it stands horribly- tall
sniffs the air
pivots nonchalantly
methodically swaggers
appetite enhanced
moment ignited
b...

No Flies On Me

...No Flies on Me

What is it that makes these creatures so hated
With an image in life that’s always berated
Could it be their allure to the dung and decay
Where their babies are born, what more c...

Silky Kitty

... 
I brush for fifteen minutes my kitty,
as she growls, wiggles and struggles and swats;
all I want to do is make her pretty,
I just need to get rid of a few knots.

Oh, all that she...

Oh Yes I Can See

...To detect a nuance of a sound,
of a voice, quickly learnt if blind,
the nuance of facial expression
aid the sighted, eyes, silent voices,
yet for all that can see, 
there are those who a...

I, Said the Fly

...
I said the fly, "Have the need to pry,
my best point of view is your ceiling.
There I can spot any swats your concealing.
Us flies still can not understand why,
you humans find swatting...

My Wild Cat

...I have a loving, smart, Bengal wild cat
Many different behaviors he shows
He is strong and very dominant at that
He hates to be told what to do, he knows

So much, that sometimes when I turn aro...

My Lady

...My
small cute
kitty cat
is a lady.
How delicately
she creeps along the bed!
As if to beg my pardon,
she apprehensively proceeds
until, finding the spot she prefers,
she settles, ...

Snakes and Hummingbirds

...To love, agapic and/or erotic,
is a positive economic-political relational choice
to trust whomever
and whatever is our Other right now
with open caring empathy,
even when we may feel like withd...

''soft and Silky''

... 
I brush for fifteen minutes my kitty,
as she growls, wiggles and struggles and swats;
all I want to do is make her pretty,
I just need to get rid of a few knots.

Oh, all that she...

Senryu Series - Broken

...reaching for new heights
I climb a step stool --
feline eyes watch

perched up high
cat swats my reaching hand --
a step backwards

a scream resounds --
the floor breaks my fall
and also my...

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