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Best Shad Poems

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


Diary of a Salmon
Day 1
Today I passed a shad,
on his way to Prince William Sound.
He protested that I go downstream.
But to the current he is bound.

Day 2
I encountered...

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Categories: shad, adventure, fish, humor, humorous,
Form: Personification



All I Wish Is Peace
"I’ll never understand how people can go on and live
The miracle of finding the strength to forgive
To resurrect peace, to close up wounds so deep
they...

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Categories: shad, abuse, angst, pain, peace,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Circle of Life - a Pet Story
It seems like just the other day
Our pup, Shadrack, did pass away;
And altho’ they never seemed like friends,
My old cat, Jorg, knew Shad had met
...

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Categories: shad, absence, angst, animal, bereavement,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Nature Foursome
~a sea gull’s swift flight
      over waves, shadow as kite 
         last...

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Categories: shad, naturelight, sea, fish, light,
Form: Haiku
Aphrodite As An Anthropomorphic Map
The goddess we call Aphrodite
Is not just an old Grecian deity.
  The Phoenicians did make
  Her a map. It's not fake.
Her body is...

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Categories: shad, africa, body, imagery, language,
Form: Limerick



Premium Member Killifish
I've got a dish of killifish
I wish to eat that silly fish
Baked, or fried in peanut oil
Roasted, dried, or let to boil.

Make me a star-gazy...

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Categories: shad, animal, fish, fishing, food,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Plymouth Colony - Thanksgiving
A year has passed. The dark clouds still loom.
 From the sea voyage, harsh winter, disease, and doom.
 The Mayflower set sail 102 Pilgrims aboard,
...

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Categories: shad, 3rd grade, 4th grade,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Hillbilly Handfishin'
This old way of fishin's become a new hit
Though sometimes I really don't get it
And on a scale from one to eight
How high could it...

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Categories: shad, funny, sports, water,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Circle of Life -- Sacrifice
Tackle box, fishing poles, radio, a good book to read
In a quite little alcove , the back outskirt of Lake Mead
The desert sun burning the...

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Categories: shad, adventure, natural disasters, nature,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member I Survived the Storm - May 24th 2011
The day started
as a breeze without tracks
in the dew of a fresh mowed lawn;

But days come without warranty,
of things starting right,
remaining that way;

For soon after...

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© Tom Wright  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: shad, natural disasters,
Form: Free verse
Political Prostitution
political prostitution
not stable 
not even with their 
words nor 
actions 
they got no vision
for the people 
is just about business
yet we pay the 
price of...

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Categories: shad, abuse, africa, betrayal, confusion,
Form: Epic
No Name
Today I've became a man up dated expanded touched by gods right hand, blessed with a 
child
what would i do as i was exiled, as...

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Categories: shad, passionfather, god, me, world,
Form: Rhyme
Blood To Sweat
A million thoughts,
A shad to grey,
I’m bound my passion,
Wherein I lay,

My eyes are blind,
I see with touch,
The heat begins,
And crave so much,

A lasting hour,
I scream...

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Categories: shad, passion,
Form: Rhyme Royal
Don'T Wanna Love You Any More!!
I am feeling jealous…jealous indeed
When  I know are in your lovers arms…
I fell so hurt.. Each time I remember…
Your hopes and happiness...
Of sharing your...

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Categories: shad, lost lovelove,
Form: I do not know?
End of Politcs
End of Politics 
 I sit on the terrace in the sun, its forenoon and not too hot
A dog in the road barks looking up...

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Categories: shad, art, irony,
Form: Blank verse

Book: Shattered Sighs