Best Play Possum Poems

We were very young,                     ...

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Play possum; act like you have died,
especially if you cannot hide.
Were there no exits to run to,
pretending death is what I’d do.
This strategy I’d not...

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A game she had played every night 
on guard for that opened-door light;
was quick to react,
cause it was a fact-
each time, it was somewhat a...

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wild possum plays dead
woodpecker knocks on green wood
willow weeps for both
wherever the carcass is
will the vulture there gather...

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Looks like a lonely smile, just maybe a only child
As my days go by, as my hour’s blossom
At times in this open space I’d rather...

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I've always been a prankster; I just can't resist a joke.
I think I'll shake things up a bit, when in the old folks home.

They'll think...

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I saw that sneer heard the mockery 
It came straight from your heart
Like bread comes from a bakery
Your eyes said it all and though it...

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Nature Bride Price

Thou bride play possum

With her groom, love dies

Nature like a groom who pram

Divorce is his case, has eyes

Commanding earth to turn forward

The price...

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Just because life sucks
You don’t wanna live no more?
Fine! So why don’t you
just go ahead and kill yourself?
Get it over with—
Stand in front of a...

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Near the creek, there’s old dead tree 
We never had climbed before
Big “J” decided he’d go up
Not knowing what was in store

He climbed up to...

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To See Someone Succeed is Awesome
Encouragement first resides in mind
Motivate with truth, don't play possum
Receive and give knowledge, don't be blind
Nine lines of soulful wisdom...

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I like to go and check out the Heaven before I die
So first I will garner needed good deeds and earn my salvation
then I would...

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I come before you, proclaiming you're Brother
Or Sister in Christ's death, that Eve was our Mother
Though you claim (in faith too) that my Truth’s your...

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We’ve had warnings before of real dangers we face,
Populations whose growth could exceed Earth’s resources! (1)
Might chemicals used to produce more (enrich some)
Be curse if...

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Any noise, any sudden movement
Any voice calling me,
A step outside my door
A shadow in the street
A creaking stair
The rustling of fallen leaves
A tap on my...

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