Wasp Poems

I walk silently away

mud dauber’s nest readily in sight
hanging out of chubby bird wind chime
if I knock it down, I will be attacked by wasps
anticipating their stings, I walk silently away

unhappy mud daubers

no more porch railings
mud daubers are unhappy
seasonal home gone

porch renovation confuses mud dauber

frenzied mud dauber
porch railings are no longer
we are the killers

he bores hole in post
angry about the railings
what will they call home

will he sound alarm
will army wasps come to fight
dejected he leaves

Sexy Wasp

She is much sexier than the queen
The hive was all abuzz
This Marilyn Monroe-like wasp
Was the woman that never was.

The drones almost stopped working
When sexy wasp came into the hive
I think several of them passed out
At last count it was eighty-five

The Trapped Wasp Tale

*** The Trapped Wasp’s Tale ***

Today I am a wasp in the room
Noticed when
Sights of light began the sounds
Of my tap-smacking
Head bangs
Trying to get through the glass pane
In the wall, for
Even I sense there is no where else in here
That hints of free flight
Or ever wants
A wasp in the room…

I belong flying through the ancient

Wasp Dear

Seldom do we think about you,
Wasp, dear, though you're God's creature too;
Might be owing your severe sting,
And, then, your flash-like sudden fling;
We add to our aversion, strong,
Who does, hence, dare to hear your song...?

Laborers, like honey-bees, smart,
Queen seated at the cool comb-heart;
All in familial love-bond,
None from the other does abscond;
Your colony is a wonder,
None could

Wasp

gold rays of vengeance
fly jet speed betwixt flowers ---
venomous sun shine

29 June 2022

Can of Wasp Spray

I have a can of wasp and hornet spray on my desk
It says killer on it.
Do I feel guilty?
Not a bit.
Will I use it?
Oh, yes!

During the day the wasps hide out in cracks and crevices.
But when my computer is on at night, they creep out of their places.
Landing on my screen, startling me.
Like flying mice

Conserving Energy For Punishment

My energy I conserve, 
Not for the guests seats
I have yet to reserve
Nor for their paid meat
I should carefully preserve…
Squarely for the nice treat
My boys deserve.

Their negligence I’ve grasped
And at it gasped
And hands of shock clasped!

Now, my voice to be a rasp
And my sting that of a wasp:
Welts to on skin break out,
Pain-enduring lips pout;
In

Wasp Goes After Grandma

Savvy wasp hornet killer spray

Feeling good it’s what I bring her. 

Squirting a stream so far away

Grandma watch out for the stinger!

Panic Is a Longing To Live Long

Panic is a longing to live long,
Yet, a betraying of one not being strong;
All the way leading to a taunting song
From persons who panic judge a wrong;
Who when others duly panic
Unduly continue to picnic,
Honestly taking a Sinking Titanic
For a thing to its peril mimic.

But is one to panic or gasp
Or for that matter fearful hands

Apartment 62 Nosy Neighbour Observations: Part 2: Wasp Guy

Another neighbour in the building
I saw him from my balcony.
He Twisted up a plastic bag
and carefully hid it, under the tree.

He went back to his car and waited,
Then eventually, drove away.
I waited for hours until it was dark
To see if someone would collect it that day

When no one ever came to see
I gave up and

Wasp Nest Under Construction 1

Wasp nest under construction...
vacancies for yellow jackets also available

alternately titled: eave'n roofs houses nidus 

If ye dear reader find yourself
as an under appreciated
busy buddy buzzfeeding bee -
hive got just the solution.

When me and the misses
entered side door here
yesterday September 26th, 2021
where both of us live
within one bedroom unit
at Highland Manor Apartments,
we espied hexagon-shaped paper cells
constituting

Wasp Nest Under Construction 2

Mine eyes espied a glorious shade tree
on a recent brutally hazy,
hot and humid July summer day,
where below the gnarled roots
glazed occipital nerve did not see
yellow-jackets minding their own beeswax
when derriere i.e. did essay
until deux stingers re:
accessible bared skin
apiary members did flay
vulnerable hide bound
part of my right knee,

whereby toxin induced to feel
slightly queasy and appear ashen

Swollen Eyelid

The sting of a wasp
Smacked me hard on the eyelid
Can't get rid of itch
Swollen,  scrape is so awful
Wasp drove me nuts; I can't blink


Written: August 23, 2021


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