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Best Horsefly Poems

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


Husk of a Horsefly
Husk of a Horsefly


It's the last day of September
as I carefully toe 
the husk
of a horsefly
out of my office
onto bright tiles
Stella will buff
to a sheen
while...

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Categories: horsefly, fantasy
Form: Free verse



Six Men Dead - Part 1
© 2011 (by Jim Sularz)
(The true story of Frank Eaton – AKA “Pistol Pete”)

At the headwaters of the Red Woods Branch,
near a gentle slope on...

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© Jim Sularz  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: horsefly, history,
Form: Ballad
Go Figure
One of the problems
With Nature's great plan,
Is that a horse can't fly,
But a horsefly can....

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Categories: horsefly, animals, children, funny, nature,
Form: I do not know?
Pizzas Jumping Over Garlic Bread With Coleslaw Hairbands and Onion Ring Piercings
It is not a mind altering parade of substances that questions a rotting ship. It is not a threefold tankard buried in an Abyssinia besom...

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Categories: horsefly, animal, baseball, basketball, beautiful,
Form: I do not know?
Saving Our Angels
Hands are too weak to fan horsefly 
that feast at the corners of her mouth.
Skin hugs closely to dry bones.
Her breath is the trace of...

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Categories: horsefly, religionangel, angel,
Form: Lyric



Hard To Believe
I saw a horsefly when I was young
I saw a man that was being transparent
I saw my brother take a trip on a lark
When acrophobia...

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© Pat Adams  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: horsefly, humorous, word play,
Form: Quatrain
Darkest Knight Devil Demon With One Red Ear I Don'T Fear
P.S.The KEY to my STYLE oF poetry voodoo "'STAY"'
EWE WHO  it is word Play a Miss.T. DAY
3 voices normal voice/ Mild Voice/ LOUD VOICE...

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© Rick Cox  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: horsefly, 4th grade, character, evil,
Form: Rhyme
Unborn
The man with the plastic bug in his head
monopolized my dreams last night
in the place that the horsefly of my dignity
finally surrender to the impresario...

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© Teddy Dude  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: horsefly, caregiving, death, father, forgiveness,
Form: Free verse
Danny Salazar In Leavenworth
They could have ranged together foreever, in just that way
The moment of experience, un-cloaked and with innocent play
In co-creation perfect, when the Lord frequently appeared...

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Categories: horsefly, addiction, appreciation, arabic, beauty,
Form: Chant Royal
Under My Skin
Horsefly bites galore.
    Covered in weals with red spots,
    All under my skin.
    Scratching the itch...

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Categories: horsefly, endurance, insect,
Form: Tanka
Premium Member Buddy Is a Krutsinger All Right
I am not so sure Buddy is not a pony
His hair is coarse and straight
His tail looks exactly like a pony’s
but he has the face...

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Categories: horsefly, dog,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Who Owns These Woods
rrrrr rrrrr 
Buzzing fly
Big one
Horse fly
Annoying me

I will snap it with my notebook
If I get the chance.
It lands on my hand.
I am not in the...

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Categories: horsefly, 2nd grade, 3rd grade,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Wasp Scare
Black buzzing wasp landed on my shoulder
I moved amazingly fast
Masquerading horsefly...

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Categories: horsefly, angst,
Form: Kimo

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