Best Hooted Poems
... POTD 25 Nov 2020
Manage your Stress … a peeling faded poster boldly declares
I do get it about advertising campaigns.
Enough to know that,
‘strategically placed ads’ catching......
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Categories:
hooted, lost love,
Form:
Narrative
...
POTD - 25th September 2024
Synopsis -
A bitter-sweet, hauntingly romantic and heart-wrenching ballad that follows her journey of sorrow and longing, as sh......
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Categories:
hooted, fate, lost love, rainbow,
Form:
Ballad
...Dawn.
Night sounds of slumber
A few owls hooted their last nightly call,
And cicadas ended their rhythmic, high-pitched whine
In obedience to the rising of the warm sun rays.
The buzzing bees c......
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Categories:
hooted, nature,
Form:
Imagism
...A lonesome coyote howled deep in the wood
And a MOST unwise owl somehow misunderstood
Oh, alas and alack!
She rashly hooted back
(And she hooted as hard as she possibly could)
"Who the heck he......
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Categories:
hooted, funny, nature,
Form:
Limerick
...The excitement mounted as we rummaged around in the attic looking through old steamer trunks for discarded clothes and props to make Halloween costumes. With an old suit and hat of Granddads, I becam......
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Categories:
hooted, nostalgia,
Form:
Prose
...In twilight's realm where...
moonbeams entwine.
There are two owls engaged...
in a contrast of minds:
A Great Horned Owl so proud and strong!
And a Great Gray Owl whis is cunning and lon......
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Categories:
hooted, allegory, education, humanity, philosophy,
Form:
Didactic
...A small desire like a spark, I do not know lit from where,
Frenzy of becoming an orator in me did flair;
I watched often, like blackbirds, seldom shutting my eye-lids,
Each speech of great orators......
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Categories:
hooted, confidence, courage, trust,
Form:
Rhyme
...Through the park I walked, alone
As the moon reflected off the lake
I made a wish and tossed a stone
A sleeping owl, I did awake
As the moon reflected off the lake
Echoes chimed from the......
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Categories:
hooted, romantic,
Form:
Rhyme
...I was quite the cunning magician, famed for my illusions and sleight of hand,
Like cool tricks that jade green nature plays, that often we don't understand.
Days were filled with wonder and encha......
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Categories:
hooted, fantasy, green, imagery, magic,
Form:
Couplet
...
The plans had been laid
their dues had been paid
10,000 enraged Mexicans
heading north to behead Texans
For Texans had 'stolen their land'
almost two centuries ago
......
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Categories:
hooted, america, angst, death, fantasy,
Form:
Rhyme
...
“Route 66” (Part 2)
The Wicked Old Witch stalked her, flying above
on her revved up battered old Peugeot Stick made from
twigs and oderous putrifying brown crud.
Up to this point ......
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Categories:
hooted, betrayal, courage, imagery, integrity,
Form:
Free verse
...Many many moons ago
leaving the porch
of a south-facing canyon,
I hiked to a place
where the foothills
narrowed,
Where the asphalt road
ran astride the reservoir lake
into which kingfisher......
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Categories:
hooted, marriage,
Form:
Free verse
...
"Babylon Candy"
“My god you
babble on”
he said.
the guy
thought he was
a giant,
as far as writers go.
She chirped,
“it’s all post humus
humour, from he......
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Categories:
hooted, journey, muse, mystery, satire,
Form:
Narrative
...When the first humans walked the earth,
They all huddled in droves,
Hooted and cried to warn of dangers,
Lurking in the mangrove,
Loud voices and echoes, conveyed a return,
Along with a large ......
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Categories:
hooted, analogy, appreciation, computer, hero,
Form:
Ballad
...Last night I asked my sisters
Why they were not hooting
Little owl said no one missed her
She would hoot when she so suited
Middle owl asked why did I care
Hooting is not what it used to be......
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Categories:
hooted, humorous, imagination, night, sister,
Form:
Personification