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Best Shrimp Poems

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


Paw Paw's Shrimp Shed
Peel 'em and eat 'em,
All you want.
To yo table straight from da Gulf.

Cooked wit corn and taters
an' sausage dat's smoked.
Buy 'em today while we're stoked.

Paw...

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Categories: shrimp, culture, fish, food,
Form: Free verse



One Square Mile
In one square mile, northeast of Noojee,
there are seven birds that I often get to see
as I walk on the tracks in pristine forestry,
in one...

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Categories: shrimp, nature,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Narwhal Song
~The Narwhal Beckons Before Dawn~

   If I could sing a song,
   It wouldn't be just any song.
   I would...

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© Skat A   Create an image from this poem.
Categories: shrimp, abuse, character, dance, deep,
Form: Alliteration
Premium Member New Menu at Milton Creek's Aces Restaurant
*** Notice to the residents of Milton Creek ***

Tom serves as mayor. never complaining, so he gets what he requests 
No blood in his steak,...

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© Lin Lane  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: shrimp, people, places,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Where Cheerful Robins Dance
Gleefully you and I smile from a scenic window on life
Enchanted by nightfall befriending quixotic autumn sky
Embossing crimson brushstrokes on vermilion arc
Akin to a painting...

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Categories: shrimp, imagery, nature, travel,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Her Sustenance
Her lust for you is fierce.
She spreads it out before you
as if it were a lavish bridegroom’s dinner
of caviar, oysters and shrimp;
spears of warmed asparagus...

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Categories: shrimp, sensual,
Form: Free verse
An Old and Trusted Friend
Tree branches bowed under the weight of the snow, 
like penitents kneeling, as Christmas shoppers reveled 
in the joy of the season. I left the...

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Categories: shrimp, friendship,
Form: Prose
Premium Member Seafood Sundays
*Been posting some heavy stuff lately. Time for a bit of levity.

"Hey babe, you're never gonna believe this. Crab fishing in Alaska has been cancelled...

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© Tom Woody  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: shrimp, humor,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Ocean Commotion
wind lifts salty air
scent of the sea fills my hair --
fishing without care

pelican dives fast
shrimp on the hook was my last --
strips the bait I...

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Categories: shrimp, nature, sea,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Hidden Worlds
Some things I think are overhead
Are also underneath my bed
And this is true of you, as well.
So mark my words now, as I tell:
Beneath the...

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© Carol Mays  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: shrimp, earth, imagination, nature, philosophy,
Form: Rhyme
This Is No Picnic
This Is No Picnic
 
We packed up the grill and my uncle took us to the lake
I was hoping for a burger, maybe even a...

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Categories: shrimp, family, funnyfishing,
Form: Rhyme
B-Dubs W(Rap)
Okay,
first for an appetizer 
I'd like an O-ring basket
and a pound of shrimp.
Cook those things crispy, 
so when I take a bite
they burn my upper...

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Categories: shrimp, funny
Form: Free verse
If I Were a Mermaid
If I were a Mermaid

If I were a Mermaid my name would be Margo and I’d live in the deepest blue sea 
 I’d swim...

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Categories: shrimp, 3rd grade, 4th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member I Live With Oxy Morons
In my global village, Oxy, where folks live all alone,
There’s lots of open secrets, for secrets are well-known!

Fairly dark alien residents live with us above...

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Categories: shrimp, humorous,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member My Best Vacation Ever
We set sail as Reggae music played out on the Lido.
Our first night was casual; no need for tuxedo.
We could eat a pizza by the...

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Categories: shrimp, vacation,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Shattered Sighs