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Tall Tale Poems - Poems about Tall Tale

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Premium Member Through Thick and Thin
...« Finally my blood began to coagulate » (imagine that!) New contest’s bloody theme by fellow Matt! My instant fear that by the wicked fate I would sure bleed to death right off the bat. Once......Read the rest...
Categories: tall tale, humorous,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Mystique of a Tale
... Disney take on the Fox and the Hound Where two pups form a bond so profound. Naive to concede The strife of their breed, Delicate friendship is doomed to fail. With hunting dogs don’t let yo......Read the rest...
Categories: tall tale, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Star of Wondering
...Star of Wondering By Mark D. Stucky Luminous mystery in the night, are you supernatural light? Or a supernova shining bright? Or a planetary conjunction ......Read the rest...
Categories: tall tale, christmas, light, mystery, science,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member A Tall Tale From a Short Woman
...We were all on a turquoise moped on Interstate 635. Mr. P.U. Fancy Pants Panda of course, got to drive. He is arrogant, and thus is always the boss. This was stated firmly by my pal Ross Ross c......Read the rest...
Categories: tall tale, 4th grade, 5th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member A Tall Tale
...My pet giraffe is called Tiny although he is extremely tall He towers above a huge sunflower that's growing along my back wall! One day Tiny appeared to be poorly The vet climbed u......Read the rest...
Categories: tall tale, animal, humorous,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member The Story We Tell Ourselves
...This is the story We tell ourselves Like wishes and dishes That pile up past today With tomorrow a Lesson of what should We say Hi there I’m hurting I’m shaky at best With dates on the cale......Read the rest...
Categories: tall tale, allegory, fun, grief, identity,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Pick a Pear
...I went to the orchard to pick a pear. I picked another so I’d have a pair. But now their skins I’d have to pare. One was all I had gone there for but soon I had a basket with four. For room, I......Read the rest...
Categories: tall tale, fun, funny, giggle, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
The Poems I Never Wrote
...A long time ago in some very distant past A tall tale my remembering mind yet holds fast, An intriguing story and it will be a blast Indeed, it’s a surprise that it should this long last. Promi......Read the rest...
Categories: tall tale, fantasy,
Form: Monorhyme
Premium Member Shrewd
...in a manor of time it will tell it's been so reconciled it's hard to tell anymore not s scull set up on a stump sold separately no gun but a tall tale on web buy now black market but fishes fis......Read the rest...
Categories: tall tale, thank you,
Form: Free verse
My Pen
...My Pen Every step I take leaves behind a footprint upon this white canvas. It is an all white planet. Every move I make is volcanic. Leaving behind only ashes. The land has vanished. I ran down......Read the rest...
Categories: tall tale, adventure, art, life, peace,
Form: Free verse
A Cryptic Cryptid War
...You may not tend to believe me Perhaps you’ll start to suddenly Put your logic up on a shelf Open your mind and let yourself See things you never dared to see The year here was 1901 An unkno......Read the rest...
Categories: tall tale, fantasy, magic,
Form: Quintilla
Premium Member Camelot
... O Camelot! O Camelot! The winds have changed, the land got hot! Though dromedaries are quite neat, A bactrian's hard to unseat, And so the knights still joust a lot. At banquet feast......Read the rest...
Categories: tall tale, fantasy, silly,
Form: Quintilla
Premium Member Back To the Future
... I On the hill betwixt Carlisle and Deep Creek follows a road to the Firth in the bay. Where old friends old glory and old times seek merrily unconcerned by ......Read the rest...
Categories: tall tale, friendship,
Form: Rhyme
Crossroads
...Once there was a TALL tale of a young "bluesman" who didn't play very well Robert was his name and playing the "Blues" was his game Hazel Hurst, Mississippi is where he is from A legend one ......Read the rest...
Categories: tall tale, appreciation, baptism, blessing, creation,
Form: Dramatic Verse
The Biggest Catch You'Ve Ever Seen
...In the small fishing town of Tunafishlips The competitors lined up all of their ships The race for the biggest catch had begun As they listened to how the last winner had won With all eyes upon h......Read the rest...
Categories: tall tale, fishing,
Form: Tail-rhyme

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