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Best Hippos Poems

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


Premium Member Animal Groups
A Murder of Crows
A Shadow of Jaguars
A Flamboyance of Flamingos
A Mess of Iguanas
A Congregation of Alligators
A Crash of Rhinos
A Band of Gorillas
A Thunder of Hippos
A...

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Categories: hippos, animal,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Parade
Fantasy 2-22-24  
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Parade

At midnight dawn my mind escapes parting the stars
Making my way to a summerland torchlight parade
Where grand marshals of zebra fish 
Lead...

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Categories: hippos, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member My Zoo From a To Z
Alligators, Aardvarks; Arctic fox and hare. Also Armadillos and Asses will be there!

Bobcats, Beavers, Boars; One Blue whale will do! Bovines and a Booby (maybe...

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Categories: hippos,
Form: Abecedarian
Revelation
Nyx opened black arms
threading her twilight fingers 
and cradled my awe 
to turn my hair, white  
she filled my eyes with stars
firing a comet...

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Categories: hippos, imagination, lifesong, longing, song,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The A-Z of Alliteration
Alan Allston ate an addictive piece of cake.
Bertie bounced his bouncy ball by the bus stop but his brother caught the bouncy ball before the...

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Categories: hippos, simple,
Form: List



Premium Member The Animal Trade
On Africa's Great Plains the animals roam free
And you can see them close up when on safari
Rhino, elephant, giraffe and gazelle
Lions, hippos and monkeys as...

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Categories: hippos, africa, animal,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Do Dinos Soar
Do DINOS SOAR, do fish have SOLE
Do elephants have ANTS in their PHANTS
Have you ever seen a real HORSE FLY
Or a FIRE that's started by...

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Categories: hippos, humorous, mum,
Form: Quatrain
Blue By You
BLUE BY YOU

What’s Blue by me?  

Butterfly wings, 
the Blue Moth in flight,
stilettos, suede shoes, 
for dancing at night.
Moonbows and rainbows, 
in the spectrum...

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Categories: hippos, blue, color, fun, humor,
Form: List
Premium Member Bush Cat Killers
BUSH CAT KILLERS

Lions hunt anything,
They hunt all the while,
They approach their prey,
With incredible guile.
Their plan is strategy,
When they attack,
And like a squadron of
Soldiers surround their
Prey...

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Categories: hippos, africa, animal, cat, hero,
Form: Rhyme
It's a New Circus
A funny thing happened under the big top
Heard a great ruckus and decided to stop
Stuck in my head and a commotion rages
I saw animals free...

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Categories: hippos, animal,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Mo'skeeters, Spiders 'N' Snakes
Lord, we are so grateful fer the gracious bounty of Yer Creation!
But there are some things You created that cause us some vexation.
We appreciate that...

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Categories: hippos, creation, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Bullfrogs In the Belfry Get It On
Bullfrogs in the belfry – get it on.
Butterflies sipping tea – get it on.
Bananas making bread – get it on.
Bubbles beyond belief – get it...

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Categories: hippos, 6th grade, 7th grade,
Form: Light Verse
Premium Member A Clowder of Cats and a Murder of Crows
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So you're stuck on 15-down...

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Categories: hippos, animal, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
No Lemurs At the Zoo (Thank You Walt Disney)
A short while back when Shayla was three,                 ...

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Categories: hippos, childhoodchild, child,
Form: Couplet
Atishoo
At Christmas I contracted the flu
From taking the kids to the zoo
The hippos were a wheezing 
Ten monkeys were sneezing 
Now my temperature’s a hundred...

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Categories: hippos, funny,
Form: Limerick

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