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A Poem - The Garden Pest - By Susan R. Stoltz
May 19, 2010 | 11:53 AM PST
Tags: gnats , pests , bites

I made a discovery just today
That makes me itch even more than hay.

 

It’s little and black and it flies around
Without even making that whiney sound.

 

So small they are but man can they bite
Swat or not they always take flight.

 

In my eyes and ears and around my neck
Yet no bigger are they than a tiny speck.

 

I yelled and swore and spun around
And still not a dead one was to be found.

 

So I went inside and got out some oil
Their little bodies my plan to foil.

 

They swarmed around and soon did land
To find themselves stuck just like I’d planned.

 

Soon you could hear the slap and the splat
Such intellect - I can outwit a gnat.

Dandelion Poem
May 8, 2010 | 1:44 PM PST
Tags: dandelions , poems , lawn
Dandelions - By Susan R. Stoltz May 2010

Dandelions with leaves of green
and golden heads so bright
within my lawn you creep about
and pop up overnight.

I stalk you every single day
and rip your roots so deep
And stomp upon your yellow caps
before I go to sleep.
But there you are in early morn To torment me again
Today I have a different plan
It's poison time my friend.