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Best Donkey Poems

Below are the all-time best Donkey poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of donkey poems written by PoetrySoup members


Premium Member Lions Led By a Donkey
I could see the virus approaching so why couldn't he?
But he had to keep investors happy and save the economy
On his watch people in their...

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Categories: donkey, death, england, political,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Pin the Tail On the Donkey-Hee Haw
Swirl me, twirl me, spin me ‘round
My eyes are covered, subject not found.
Direct me here, then block me there
Smiles and snickers; won’t give a care.
Hates...

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Categories: donkey, confusion, me, me,
Form: Verse
Premium Member I Want Your Seeds
**"And his name was Jack"**

No one perceives what abides above the clouds. 
A giant, a harp, maybe golden eggs. 
I demand to see and feel...

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Categories: donkey, adventure, funny, old, rain,
Form: Free verse
A Letter Home To Rome'
My dearest Claudia, 

     For eighteen months, I've been at this Jerusalem outpost.
     "Tis you and young...

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Categories: donkey, faith, inspirational,
Form: Rhyme
Woman
I am the daughter of eve ,with the strength to create or destroy the world,but you nasty people
Judge and say me as a simple weak...

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Categories: donkey, daughter, heart, life, love,
Form: Name



Premium Member Inhuman Malice

A father of six he was in his early forties,
struck by cancer
toiling to provide for his children
with
no property
no land
no animals, but a loyal old donkey
that...

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Categories: donkey, evil, world,
Form: Narrative
Granny Panty Annie, the Tranny
Lemme tell ya' about a
*ding-bat skit-zo 
bee-hotch* tranny
named Annie...

I met her one night 
under disco lights 
up at Candies

She was 
starin' at me
grittin' her teeth
aimin'...

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Categories: donkey, adventure, black african american,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Plato and Socrates
Dramatic prose for the pompous asses
I throw my Platos at you
If you come any closer
I will Socrates you right in the nose
Demands, demands!!!! The clowns...

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Categories: donkey, appreciation, beauty, humorous, ireland,
Form: Ekphrasis
Premium Member My Alphabet
A a 	big A little a
                   What...

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© Eve Roper  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: donkey, children, kindergarten, preschool,
Form: Abecedarian
Premium Member - Ass In Hole -
This is the donkey; Alice

                 ... follows the rabbit...

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Categories: donkey, blue, humor, nonsense, pain,
Form: Prose Poetry
Simply Me
Inexpert at rhyme 
or singing in time
I bray like a laryngitic donkey
my artwork's inept 
I'm ham-fisted except
when doodling things that are wonky

Of style I'm bereft...

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Categories: donkey, introspection
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member You Have To Shut Up
they lurk in corners, safe and dark
until they decide to growl and bark
then point an ugly old crooked finger
spittle drooling on the chin, they linger

arguing...

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© Lin Lane  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: donkey, people,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Nativity Charlieku
Joseph
and Mary
traveled on a

donkey
to give birth
in Bethlehem,

but there
was no room
in the town's inn

In the 
silence of
the starry night,

born in
a manger
the dear Savior 

Angel
announces
to the shepherds:

"Today
nearby...

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© Eve Roper  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: donkey, angel, birthday, jesus,
Form: Senryu
Premium Member The Call
The Call

For as long as I can remember, I have been phoning my mom. Even before leaving home when I was a teenager. Whenever I...

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Categories: donkey, angst, blessing, courage, death,
Form: Free verse
My Christmas Tree
As I gaze upon my Christmas tree with the ornaments, glitter, tinsel and snow, I see the many presents scattered around. The shiny star on...

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Categories: donkey, blessing, christmas, love,
Form: Prose

Book: Shattered Sighs