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Best Shoot Straight Poems

Below are the all-time best Shoot Straight poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of shoot straight poems written by PoetrySoup members


I Will Die For Love
I will die for love
Fear is a lifetime of pain
Death is my joy
Call the gun men and pay
Those who can shoot straight...

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Categories: shoot straight, analogy,
Form: Tanka



Ain'T It Grand
June 01/1916
So it’s off to war!  
By they were glad  
Singing and whistling a tune every lad
With a swing of their arms 
and...

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Categories: shoot straight, warme, night, time, me,
Form: Verse
Premium Member Expresso Shot
“Expresso Shot”

He drank tibetan milk tea 
from his saucer
like a cloistered munk 

his conversation 
was hushed and tinctured 
with fountains of try-too-hard satire 

he spoke...

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Categories: shoot straight, muse,
Form: Narrative
Harry the Breaker
HARRY THE BREAKER
Harry galloped through the Mulga           (13% protien animal tucker)
On a game horse Bunga...

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Categories: shoot straight, warbody, me,
Form: Ballad
Choices
In the great scheme of life, many choices you make,
Where to work, who to date, your yard when to rake.

The game of hearts is not...

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Categories: shoot straight, humorous, love, love, may,
Form: Rhyme



How To Build a Spaceship: (Or In This Case, Buy One.)
Salesman:	“Can I help you? Yes sir. Yes Sir!
		Well, you’ve come to the right place.
		Our own lineup has won awards
		We lift you up through time and...

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Categories: shoot straight, fantasy, funny, parody, science
Form: Light Verse
Trouble With Wishes
I wish I could make wish that could make me make a wish to turn all trouble makers into trouble shooters who wish they could...

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Categories: shoot straight, addiction, art, beautiful, confusion,
Form: Limerick
Armed and Dangerous (A Valentine's Poem)
Don’t know about you, but I think it’s stupid
To give lethal weapons to a diapered Cupid
(and what happens when he’s gotta go?)

See his soft feathered...

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Categories: shoot straight, funny, holiday, husband, lost
Form: I do not know?
Percy Watt Bullet Dodger
Percy would stand up and sidestep and tap dance while the bullets bounced around him....
Percy laughed at death
and the Grim Reapers sickle missed him..
http://www.scullywag.com/kokoda1942stoush/
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Categories: shoot straight, warold, old,
Form: Ballad
Premium Member Mr Cupid
Mr. Cupid

Mr. Cupid take a shot.
Love is something I have not.
Bend you bow, aim for the heart.
Ignite the flame that needs to start.

Mr. Cupid search...

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Categories: shoot straight, valentines day,
Form: Rhyme
' Outlaw Ballad ... ' (Part 1 of 2) (Cowboy Poem # 9)
You Rode Into My Town
Gunned all The Lonely Deputies Down
Blew-Up The Bank Of Trust, In Our Face …
Where, There Was Hope … Is Now Empty...

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Categories: shoot straight, adventure, cowboy-western, fantasy, funny,
Form: Cowboy Poetry
Cowboys In Heaven
just the other day
my young son
out of the blue
as me
dad he says
dad are there cowboys
in heaven


well i thought
what do i do?
so i tippet back my...

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Categories: shoot straight, cowboy-western, son, son,
Form: Free verse
Big Sister
If her pain serves to please you
She is all out of words
If her joy won’t amuse you
Her trust will be reserved
She’s begun to realise
That she’s...

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Categories: shoot straight, brother, childhood, confusion, depression,
Form: Lyric
I Am Filled With Glee
i am filled with glee
by your everlasting heart of harmony
i can drown in you and be saved by your flavorful, floating waters
with you i never...

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© Marty King  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: shoot straight, beautiful, black african american,
Form: Free verse
Gun Crime
Can I get a gun boss?
Can I get a gun?
I can shoot straight boss
I'll kill anyone.

My heart beats so fast boss
I'm ready to go
Can I...

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Categories: shoot straight, death,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Shattered Sighs