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Best Pounced Poems

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


The Fable of the Fox and Goose
There once was a fox, as wise as can be,
 He lived in the hollow of an old oak tree.
 Not so very far from...

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Categories: pounced, parody,
Form: Quatrain



Porcelain Mask
It sits back and waits, it lives in your soul.
It slams you and breaks you when you finally feel whole.
It’s been so long since you’ve...

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Categories: pounced, addiction, depression, drink, drug,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Gladiator
Blood mixed with dirt was still moist on the ground.
Traces of battle were scattered around.
The man entered slowly, a snare on his face.
Trying to hide...

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Categories: pounced, imagination, cat,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Pearl
The Polynesian pearl of the Northern Pacific, 
A glittering paradise gleaming in brilliance,
Set float amongst the oceans clear waters.
A beautiful jewel reflecting in the different
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© Cherl Dunn  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: pounced, adventure, beautiful, history, imagination,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Surprising Kindness
I came upon an old man,
A homeless, wretched soul.
He looked so sad and helpless,
In his hands, he held a bowl.
He was propped against the building,
So,...

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© Janet Vick  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: pounced, caregiving, family, friendship, hope,
Form: Free verse



Playing With Words
I found a word inside my head.
It would not go away.
It pounced into my life,
where I watched it purr and play.

It wrapped its fur around...

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Categories: pounced, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Hello, It's Time
HELLO, IT'S TIME....

I called her the other day with intrepid hesitation,
‘hello, how’re you doing, dear, I’ve a proposition,
you’ve tight schedule, but please don’t turn it...

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Categories: pounced, depression, girlfriend, hello, uplifting,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Tawny Tabor Taunts
Pretty, tawny, tabby Tabor 
purring   snuggler,
full of  curiosity and play 
He saw the door ajar for a fast getaway
His golden eyes gleamed
Jail...

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© Eve Roper  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: pounced, cat, fish, water,
Form: Rhyme
Summer Fields Nursery Rhyme
On summer days, in fields so green
Lived rabbits and cats, a sight to be seen
The rabbits hopped and played all day
While the cats watched from...

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Categories: pounced, animal, childhood, nursery rhyme,
Form: Rhyme
The Brave
Land of gold 
Glorious Pearl of the Orient 
There's a story untold 
About warriors of valiance 

They snatched victory 
From the hands that prey 
To...

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Categories: pounced, hero,
Form: Ballad
Wasn'T Me Mum Honest- - Tall Tale Contest
honest mum it wasn't me
I didn't take a nibble of the cake
it was just as I walked into the kitchen
I saw something move....mum....I did ...
was...

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Categories: pounced, child,
Form: Verse
Premium Member Maximus
I arrive at my job site 1-1 1/2 hours early 
every work day as a rule generally. 
I relax on a public bench with my...

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Categories: pounced, animal, dog,
Form: Rhyme
The Deamon Faire
The Deamon Faire
The Deamon Faire
a paroday of a novel
the awful ugly was moving slightly impaired in the fire was slowing it down
it was the deamon...

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Categories: pounced, adventure, birthday, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member My Trip To the Asylum
I had an argument inside my head
Between the right lobe and the left
It started getting loud in there
They needed a boxing ref

The id and the...

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© Joe Flach  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: pounced, angst, me, me,
Form: Rhyme
Guilty
I went out, when it was very dark
To search the area for any toad
And there it was sitting there like a child in a park
Oblivious...

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Categories: pounced, animals,
Form: Ballade

Book: Shattered Sighs