Fleas (with apologies to Joyce Kilmer)

Post by **terry** » May 24th, 2016, 4:42 am

I think that I shall never see
a beast as loathsome as a flea.

A flea whose hungry mouth consumes
all the blood that it exhumes.

A flea that makes me scratch all day
and irritates in every way.

A flea that gets into my hair
and makes me scratch 'til I am bare.

Poems are made by fools like me,
but God should not have made the flea.

**My Sonnets** · Post by **Alan** » May 27th, 2016, 6:00 am

Am I wrong to picture this being a dog's favourite poem?

Liked this lots and it's pretty good word choice in how you made the (tiny) flea cause such (huge) problems.

Post by **terry** » May 27th, 2016, 12:28 pm

Woof! Woof! You got it! Thanks for liking my poem.

Post by **A.k.ChaosDream** » May 27th, 2016, 2:01 pm

damned fleas ! but they are pretty cool creatures, except the bloodsucking thing... so burn them XD
cheers
A.
k

Post by **terry** » May 27th, 2016, 7:16 pm

Thanks for reading and enjoying my poem

Post by **obadiah grey** » June 13th, 2016, 9:42 am

Oh, I'm sure Joyce will forgive you, in fact, she would probably give a nod of approval to such goodly humour.

Obi.

Post by **terry** » June 13th, 2016, 11:11 am

Thank you. Joyce Kilmer was a brilliant young poet who was tragically killed during WWI. You should google him.

Post by **obadiah grey** » June 13th, 2016, 11:20 am

"Him",,,,, Oooppps ! perhaps I ought.

Post by **jwesley** » June 13th, 2016, 11:59 am

Definitely not something to be missed! Remember one of my worst times was at the beach and brought home a massive number of 'sand flea's" - we were miserable!!

Don't face them much anymore with my dog gone and the yard "fleas-a-tized" - but we are ever on the watch!

My favorite over-the-counter product of recent years is called SARNA - dermatologist put me on it - wonderful for itching of any kind, and sunburn, poison ivy, plain-old-back-itch ... smear it on and and in a few minutes you realize the itch/pain is gone! Best of ever used in my 70+ years of itching . . . read the ingredients and it's a nothing - but feel the relief and you can't believe it was this simple...

enjoyed this...

j.

Post by **terry** » June 13th, 2016, 5:05 pm

Glad you enjoyed the poem and thanks for the info!

Post by **terry** » February 12th, 2017, 7:57 pm

Thank you very much and I am glad that you enjoyed it.

Post by **Rhonda** » February 13th, 2017, 3:06 am

what a wonderful whimsy and I loved reading it! Yes fleas are such a pain!
Now if I was a really creative writer I could whip up a rhyming verse to answer you with LOL but alas I don't have one. Just a Thumbs Up for a terrific poem! I've never heard of Joyce Kilmer. I'll have to look "him" up. thanks so much for the fun read! Rhonda

Post by **terry** » February 13th, 2017, 3:30 am

Joyce was a brilliant young poet, who died during duriong WWI. He never had the opportunity to have his work appreciated beyond that period, since he died in that war.,

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