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Best Short Haired Poems

Below are the all-time best Short Haired poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of short haired poems written by PoetrySoup members


He's Just a Dog
He’s just a dog, a mongrel pup that fitted in me hand,
short haired, tan and white, with needs of high demand,
he’s whingy and he’s whiny,...

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Categories: short haired, animal, dog, trust, mum,
Form: Rhyme



Wynnhurst Street
swift, creeping cat, bellying
lightlessly across
the backyards by night

a Cimmerian shadow with dun
short-haired quickness
not
so easily
caught

      along the mottled sidewalk
  ...

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Categories: short haired, allegory, allusion, america, anger,
Form: Free verse
A Giant
A Giant

There is an unknown legend that comes
 from the great Black  Forest 
 of a creature fearsome and oh, so glorious.

Though his brain...

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© Dm Babbit  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: short haired, animal, dog,
Form: Bio
The Woodville Hall Soul Boys
Soon after I'd paid
My sixty
Or seventy pence,
I found myself
In what I thought
Was a miniature London.
I saw girls
In chandelier earrings,
In stiletto heels,
Wearing evening
Dresses,
Which contrasted with
The bizarre
Hair...

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Categories: short haired, dance, england, fashion, youth,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Pet-Sit Panics
Where were you when the lights went out.  

In my world I work in little clumps.
Today I worked outside for instance.
I planted a few...

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Categories: short haired, animalshouse, house,
Form: Quatrain



Cool Kids
Hot long haired boys
Skating around town 
Being the cool kids

Short haired boys 
Walking around school 
Always the cool kids

Young, dumb, and popular
All the cute guys...

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Categories: short haired, america, , cute,
Form: I do not know?
Premium Member Old Granny Goodness
Old Granny had a big brown kitten, which was the love of her life.
Old Granny’s eyes were failing, of that there was no doubt.
She swore...

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Categories: short haired, adventure, animals, caregiving, confusion,
Form: Free verse
War Veterans
Their spirit beat the void, like the bird from out the ark.
Their soul was as a lampless sea.
Their thoughts came yapping and growling round them...

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Categories: short haired, beauty, bereavement, blessing, celebration,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Animals
The short haired calico cat
Came through the doggie door
Having no idea Ashley lounged 
Inside 'pon the floor
Ashley spied the short haired cat
The cat springing into...

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Categories: short haired, funny,
Form: Free verse
A Lonely Step
We were both of us young
when I walked her home from the pub that night.
She held my arm while explaining to me why she was...

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© Red Omara  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: short haired, loss,
Form: Prose
Open House

Home protector
lazily lounging on the ground
Got a belly full bark
that rumbles 
with a low growl sound
Droopy ear napping,
dreaming ‘bout buried bones
in the backyard
Brown closed eyes,
nose...

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Categories: short haired, dog, funny, home, humor,
Form: Light Verse
Premium Member Aunt Marilda and Her Cat House
Aunt Marilda’s house and closet were full of felines of all types.
long-haired, short-haired, tabbies, pumas, and mice-hunting snipes.
we knew what we were inheriting when she...

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Categories: short haired, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member At a Party
I spoke with two people at the party Saturday.
A young police officer, short-haired, fit,
chiseled face who had two young children.
He felt constrained by the law,...

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Categories: short haired, brother, children, courage, death,
Form: Free verse
The Coping Method of This Defiant Hombre
Mine defense weapon
     of choice comprises
     standing stock
     (lock, and barrel)
  ...

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Categories: short haired, age, anti bullying, boy,
Form: Bio
Premium Member Oh How I Love Cats
Oh how I do love cats.
Not rats or bats,
Spats or hats; 
(although I do own a chapeau or two).
I love cats of all sizes, colors...

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Categories: short haired, animal, cat, friend, fun,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Reflection on the Important Things