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Best Paws Poems

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


Premium Member An Abecedarian For Flowers
Apple blossoms in abundance; sweet aroma in the air.
Begonias burst with brilliance. Blue bells pop up everywhere.
Cherry blossoms cheer with pink; corn flowers cluster blue.
Dandelions...

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Categories: paws, daffodils, flower,
Form: Abecedarian



Another Day Safe From the Harvester's Jaws
Out of the burrows and hedges and dreys
Heads came a bobbing in frantic relays.
Rumours were twittered and grunted and squealed:
‘The Harvester’s coming to furrow the...

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Categories: paws, angst, animal, fear, freedom,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Creature In the Night
Where cold stars exist in the dark,
serene winds whisper to trees
and scarce human ears can listen,
lone songs wail in the distance
in frozen moon's silver spotlight,
a...

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Categories: paws, animal, howl, moon, mystery,
Form: Verse
The Night Before Christmas By Edgar Allan Poe
On the night before Christmas, alone in my house, 
Sorrow gnawed at my soul, like a ravenous mouse.
Entombed in my blankets, I struggled to sleep,
Ready...

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Categories: paws, christmas,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member The Night I Fell Like Rain
You had that future retro look:  two thousand seventeen,
There was a slow and sultry permanence, a little slouchy lean
As you eased out of the...

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Categories: paws, destiny, water, , cute,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Hello and Goodbye Coco
HELLO AND GOODBYE COCO	

I wanted a brown Labrador, blonde and black ,
I love them all
But I had made up my mind, anxiously I sat waiting...

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Categories: paws, death, dog, love,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member life of a Cat
pitter patter paws

a cozy warm place to sleep

purring up a storm...

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Categories: paws, animal,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Holly's Christmas Story
Our sweet dog Holly lies under our tree
She is wagging her tail so gleefully,

Knocking about the light Christmas tree balls.
She becomes quite shocked as one...

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Categories: paws, adventure, christmas, dog, snow,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member To An Injured Fox Cub - With Thanks To Michael Coy
Today I found you cornered, drenched in cold,
your fur coat nothing but a newborn's down,
a tiny ball unfolding while I hold
you shivering. Your lacerations frown

and...

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Categories: paws, analogy, animal, hurt, metaphor,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member She a Dream Raven, Ghost of Ill Repute
(1.)
Beware, Nightmarish Dreams Are Oft By Raven Sent,
(In Tribute To Edgar Allen Poe)

When incantations stoke fiery embers,
eerie nights, their sounds roust to remember
ghosts of yesteryears,...

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Categories: paws, appreciation, art, creation, dark,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member A Mouse Family's Christmas
It's Christmas Eve and through the house 
there creeps a curious little mouse.
He climbs into the big arm chair 
and finds the cookies waiting there...

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Categories: paws, adventure, christmas,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member The Old Bear
The Old grizzled Bear... was now keenly aware
    as he lay in his Cave all alone.
Where his time as King... was a...

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Categories: paws, funny, humor, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Pussy Willow
tiny cotton paws
whispering into the wind~
catkins soft meow...

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Categories: paws, appreciation, nature,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member A Hay Fiddle Fiddle
The full fallow moon was hung low in July
 As white stars and fireflies lit the night sky,
A sight to behold was the feline bold'
Drawing...

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Categories: paws, friendship,
Form: Rhyme
Categories: paws, cat,
Form: Concrete

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