Swatting Poems

I see a ghost standing
At the end of the hallway.
Or is it a person,
I ask myself. A child or friend
In fuzzy outline,
An empty figure.
Can anyone else see it?

The ghostboy stares
Through empty eyes,
Blackened pits void of sight.
Behind him lies an orange...Read More

To be and not to be.

My respect for life is profound
I try to become a vegetarian, but when I visited a restaurant
it was wildly expensive,
mind, it looked posh with livered waiters and haughty diners.
Ate soup and a glass of water
what...Read More

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Hovering like a gnat that finds a face irresistible
Swatting frantically does no good as
insects will be insects and annoying is part of their plan

As it seems each day you find a new offering unfolding its wings,
buzzing about with your dirty...Read More

I have to cut you loose
from the friendship tree
that is
your mind is to heavy
for my thinning branches

my circle continues to shrink
it's tiresome swatting lies..
those poisonous flies of life

beneath my dying branches
the dying fruit of life

bring on the blooms of the...Read More

The ghost
 
Someone knocked on my bedroom door
I switched the bedside lamp and with rolled
Up TLS opened the door.
Peering into the darkness of the living room
I thought I saw a shadowy figure
On approaching it disappeared
Checked the entrance door all was...Read More

My kitty for kiddies
Your paw for a hand
You've come to a swatting
where play comes to land

And wake up my senses
from pain to a scratch
When you offer me blessings
of play for a catch

September,6,2019
picture 2 of Free Verse or Rhyme Poetry Contest
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UNQUOTABLE QUOTES - LIV : Swatting flies in Buckingham Palace from the White House

When Bianca Nobilissima, the statuesque Sea Anne-Anne anchor in her Star-Trek heat-wave get-up exposing her sculptured architectural buoy spaces from head to heel (even Mr. Spock would...Read More

I come to visit you first each day, before the morning dawn;
In Summer its but a short stroll, across the dewy lawn;
When the dark icy winds of winter, chill the heart and bones;
The light and warmth within you, relieve me...Read More

~Laid back giant cat on highway,
so swatting at birds flying in sky.~

4/29/19
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Ethan lies upon my lap
      in sweet and tender slumber.
This happens all throughout the day,
      who can count the number?

I think he's shrewd and his time well used,
  ...Read More

Long ago in a Laundromat
A couple of hippies just met
One asked the other if he smoked weed
He replied, "Every chance I get!"

With the police station next door
Behind the building's where they went
But soon became quite worried 
Alarmed by the smokes...Read More

Nor do I feel free
akin to noble savage 
(gratis to Jean Jacques Rousseau)  
completely unfettered, and able lee
to fend off unseen banshee,
comically swatting for all to see,

though today February Eighth,
2019 quite similar (i.e. dime
a dozen) to many previous twenty
four...Read More

A walrus, a whale, and a wildebeest
Have a few things in common to comment on:
They've never read Byron, or Shelley, or Keats,
They don't like asparagus, broccoli, or beets,
Or waiting in line to buy Popsicle treats.
And that's about it,
No phenomenon.
The wildebeest,...Read More

Swing set riders
And sliding board sliders
And players
On the merry-go –round

Getting scratched up knees
From climbing up trees
Dirty sneakers
From the mud on the ground

Holding hands with his pal
Ignoring scratch from the fall
Shouting together
Playing on, calling all

Paying push –cart prices
For their cool Italian...Read More

Swing set riders 
And sliding board sliders 
And players 
On the Merry-Go-Round
 
Getting scratched up knees 
From climbing up trees 
Dirty sneakers 
From the mud on the ground

They build castles in the sand
With plastic buckets in hand
A league of super...Read More

Swing set riders 
And sliding board sliders 
And players 
On the Merry-Go-Round
 
Getting scratched up knees 
From climbing up trees 
Dirty sneakers 
From the mud on the ground
 
Paying push-cart prices 
For their cool Italian ices 
And their lips 
Turned...Read More

S ituation
N ormal
A ll
F ouled
U p

Everyone in the chain of command
is passing the buck
From the president on down,
they’re covering their butt
Pentagon pencil-heads are working the phones,
trying to get a handle on the toilet situation ...
barking orders in their normal gruff...Read More

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 so appealing?
Have you not wonder why wasps try
to...Read More

My mind is at a disarray
Why is it a gloomy day
I need  to ask you a question is I may
What part in this life do I play

My heart is crushed
My time feels rushed
My hair has not been brushed
And my...Read More

Things happen. Life unravels
The earth spins, perpetuating processes
And as we recount our travels
Our hearers marvel
Stories of prophets' heads on silver platters 
Representations of old things
And we should be somehow flattered
By images of our saggy bottoms and flaked skin
All the expected...Read More

Vicious storms rolled through... we got sopped
Played Mini-Golf dancing between the raindrops
A fun time for all
Swatting the wee ball
Came in last but still came out feeling on top




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The Shaded Tree

There's nothing like a warm summer day
 To picnic under a shaded tree, a gentle breeze
 To cool your mood as you gobble down food
 Swatting at flies from your fries and pies, make you

 Want to close...Read More

I got buzzed by a pesky blue bottle
To evade it I started to tottle
I reached for the bug spray
But the fly dodged away
Then dive bombed at my head at full throttle


I purchased a fly swatting racket
So cheap it did not...Read More

SEED OF ABRAHAM

HABITUAL attendance stacks the odds?
God makes no MISTAKES.
The stars twinkle day and night,
MYRIAD upon MYRIAD for so long.

Flowing robes, jutting HUMBLED chests
Caressing the torah, oh lovely scroll
Kicks those sinners in the pants
Dare they to DISOBEY the law

The blues:...Read More

"Capucine, Capucine, let down your hair,"
yelled the Prince so handsome and fair
climbing up the braids, no knowledge Capucine's hair was cut
an enchantress yelled down from the tower, “Keep your mouth shut.”

“Capucine has been sent to the desert, you sad, little...Read More