Best Constrictor Poems
Below are the all-time best Constrictor poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of constrictor poems written by PoetrySoup members
Dream ConstrictorAfraid of the choke,
Terrified birds and mammals:
Cringe, as ripples loom....
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Categories:
constrictor, animal, fear, nature,
Form:
Haiku
Ancient ConstrictorGleaming, constricting-
Swallowing Ancient worship
Anaconda creeps.
* Anacondas were once, and perhaps still are, revered and worshiped as
A...
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Categories:
constrictor, animals
Form:
Haiku
Boa Constrictor
Miss Mary Prince
Was not seen since
She brought home her boa constrictor
I guess the snake did more than lick her.
...
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Categories:
constrictor, sorrow,
Form:
Clerihew
boa constrictor Boa Constrictor
This is turning into a diary of a slow death I had another fall
I was taking picture of some Interpretable bushes...
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Categories:
constrictor, adventure, cancer, candy, car,
Form:
Bio
AspirationAspiration
Antoine had crashed once again when tempting the desert
Freedom fighter laureate poet daredevil testing the call of
...
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Categories:
constrictor, hope,
Form:
Free verse
LOVE ISLove is the cacophony of life,
the stillness of your lover’s breath in sleep,
the boa constrictor hug of a grandchild,
and the outstretched arms of Christ.
8/6/2018
2nd place/multiple...
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Categories:
constrictor, love,
Form:
Free verse
Privy CallSo here's a who's who is the Zoo,
Sue the snake petter, that's who,
She was hugged by the Boa Constrictor,
Who could eat her but only licked...
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Categories:
constrictor, funny
Form:
Limerick
Animal Magnetism
A pet more exotic I'd wanted.
A pet to be groomed and then flaunted.
not a dog or a cat
something cooler than that!
I began my search feeling...
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Categories:
constrictor, animal,
Form:
Limerick
Animal MagnetismA pet more exotic I'd wanted.
A pet to be groomed and then flaunted.
Not a dog or a cat -
Something cooler than that!
I began my search...
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Categories:
constrictor, humorous,
Form:
Limerick
BoaLike a boa constrictor
the intimations of mortality
remind me every day
not to take a backwards breath,
to keep my lungs filled
to the deepest point,
be open to the...
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Categories:
constrictor, allegory
Form:
Free verse
The Challenge Of Eating French Onion SoupMy favorite dining place in town is a place called La Baguette.
'Tis a quaint French café and I haven't found its equal yet.
They serve the...
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Categories:
constrictor, food, humorous,
Form:
Rhyme
The Queen BeeA fountain of dryness
Deserts flow cloud belly to the arid brown.
Inside the fountain, the bottom of zest,
The penny lay await, eye wide, no dreams died.
Here...
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Categories:
constrictor, beautiful, beauty, nature, princess,
Form:
Free verse
I WISH I WEREN'T A FROGI WISH I WEREN’T A FROG
by
JOHN M. ARRIBAS
I wish I were a frog sunning myself on a lily pad
No cares or worries to drive me...
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Categories:
constrictor, allusion, funny, humorous, irony,
Form:
Rhyme
Raindrops and Rainbowsdepression squeezed like a boa constrictor
taking most of the joy from her life
struggling through the Great Depression
she dropped out of high school, went to work
an...
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Categories:
constrictor, mother, mom, kiss, mom,
Form:
Free verse
Sappho TranslationsSappho fragment #155
translation by Michael R. Burch
A short revealing frock?
It's just my luck
your lips were made to mock!
*
Sappho fragment #156
translation by Michael R. Burch...
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Categories:
constrictor, girl, girlfriend, love, lust,
Form:
Epigram
Being StillBeing Still
To be still here with you is the best place to be
Listening to my heart
Inside you I take a peak
From whence comes this...
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Categories:
constrictor, christian, friendship,
Form:
Free verse
fast food 2If you think the first restaurant was bad,
Well this one Is worse,
There’s a dead guy in the kitchen,
Brought in by the hearse.
Boogers in the burgers,
Flies...
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Categories:
constrictor, funny,
Form:
Rhyme
Legless ReptileThe Legless Reptile
The ruin made of stones ended up a home, rock by rock rebuilt
on a hillside overlooking a valley of gentle dreams...
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Categories:
constrictor, animal,
Form:
Burlesque
Shel SilversteinI am intrigued by Shel Silverstein
His passion and his works
His obscure way of rhyming
Making fun of other's quirks
Unique, unusual, surprising
Funny and clever is a given...
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Categories:
constrictor, peopleworld,
Form:
Rhyme
Tight EndBeatin' this path 'til my heart stop
cause any moment my heart. could. stop.
Swear any day my chest might pop
So sit tight, bout to open up...
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Categories:
constrictor, age, allusion, anxiety, books,
Form:
Rhyme
the night is a suitcase
you will never know where you forget it
or lose it,
the night is an overstuffed suitcase
that you never know when it will open wild,
i saw...
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Categories:
constrictor, africa, age, analogy, april,
Form:
Free verse
Poison Ivy of AssumptionPoison ivy of assumption
a seed transforms into vines
your very branches tread fine lines.
Cut off the ones that offend you.
Watch as the ivy desecrates...
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Categories:
constrictor, allegory, anti bullying, dark,
Form:
Free verse
Pet-Sit PanicsWhere were you when the lights went out.
In my world I work in little clumps.
Today I worked outside for instance.
I planted a few...
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Categories:
constrictor, animalshouse, house,
Form:
Quatrain
They Caught Me YoungThey Caught Me Young
The first cut is a cut so deep-
Internalising this impression
Has made me stir and creep
With invariable precision!
Great Writers caught me young
Whilst an...
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Categories:
constrictor,
Form:
Verse
AnxietyHere it is again
That sudden uneasiness
The alarms are going off in my body
My heart begins to pound
The blood rushes to my head
I can't think clearly
My...
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Categories:
constrictor, anxiety, feelings, me, poetry,
Form:
Prose Poetry