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Best Cat Out Of The Bag Poems

Below are the all-time best Cat Out Of The Bag poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of cat out of the bag poems written by PoetrySoup members


Let the Cat Out of the Bag...
When you have a secret, it should never be told,
Cause you made a promise that you must uphold;

Promising never to utter a word,
Not one single...

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Categories: cat out of the bag, lifecat,
Form: Couplet



Premium Member For Eileen
How silly of you
to think you are silly!
Do you think folks just visit your page
willy-nilly?

Does one come for the show
and leave with all forgotten?
To think...

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Categories: cat out of the bag, appreciation, cheer up, dedication,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member I Sat Beneath a Veteran Oak
I sat beneath a Veteran-oak,
In awe of His strength—
Here was a solid spirit!
Sympathy you get from Willow,
But stiff upper-lip from old soldiers,
With forged bark —
His...

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© Joe Dimino  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: cat out of the bag, allegory, allusion, father, history,
Form: Free verse
What Are Idioms
You might take this with a grain of salt
Knowing I heard it on the grape vine
Why they let the cat out of the bag
I'd say...

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© Pat Adams  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: cat out of the bag, character, education, humorous, language,
Form: Quatrain
Angst
He looks outside the window of the moving train,
Watching the dripping pattern,
Made by the drops of rain,
His mind far away from the present happenings.
His eyebrows...

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Categories: cat out of the bag, angst,
Form: Free verse



Calico, the Cat
I’m Calico, the fourth, and though you haven’t asked,
I’m here to tell you what you’re thinking; so relax.
The Duel, you know that poem  by...

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Categories: cat out of the bag, 11th grade, cat, literature,
Form: Rhyme
Not My Words Just Sayin
cutting corners                       ...

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© John Beam  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: cat out of the bag, culture, humor, humorous, hyperbole,
Form: Free verse
Adventures In Childrearing
Mad Max and the Thunderdome
 Matinee at the brand new  cine
money for tickets but little else
Indeed we had not any

my purse the repository 
Each...

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Categories: cat out of the bag, fun, together,
Form: Rhyme
My Sins With Bukowski
cyou ramble with his poetry
book after book
but you are not a rose,
you are not a thorn
neither virgin, nor the whore
of his better days
under neon lights
and...

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© Anna Ruiz  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: cat out of the bag, imagination, inspirational, introspection
Form: I do not know?
Premium Member Olfactory Factuality
The facts of life, O birds and bees,
how getting aroused, can trigger a sneeze,
Weird as it seems, science explains, 
this behavior’s no contagious disease, 
Apparently...

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Categories: cat out of the bag, allegory, allusion, crush, humor,
Form: Rhyme
Surprise
I began planning your surprise party over a month ago. I’ve spent many hours over the last few weeks conspiring with your friends and family,...

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Categories: cat out of the bag, birthday,
Form: Verse
My On Call Uncle Muse Never Sleeps
My on call (Uncle) Muse Never Sleeps
(aunt that title niece – ???
in this context pronounced nice)

Well...hm...I really did not wanna
     let...

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Categories: cat out of the bag, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
The Seeing Blind Man and His Whispering Dog
There's a blind man on the corner
That keeps staring at me
As the dog that's sitting by his side
Keeps whispering in his ear

I know their talking...

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Categories: cat out of the bag, funny, humor,
Form: Free verse
It's Dawn
Moon left the sky and the sun is about to shine
There is mild wind from the north and sparrows are singing together 
There are reminding...

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Categories: cat out of the bag, art, beauty, love, men,
Form: Ballad
Premium Member Cliche'
My Boyfriend is, the Cat’s Meow, a Fat Cat.
He stays Busy as a Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, think of that..
He says the way...

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Categories: cat out of the bag, girlfriend-boyfriendcat, cat,
Form: Light Verse

Book: Reflection on the Important Things