Best Snail Poems
Below are the all-time best Snail poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of snail poems written by PoetrySoup members
Ode To a SnailSlug or Snail
Slow you trail
The slimy path you leave
upon bark or rail
or along my pail
Glue from your tail?
Ah bind my mail?
Be my pet...
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Categories:
snail, animal, fun,
Form:
Ode
Never Out of Season - a Short StoryI was wiping the dust off an old snow globe in the upstairs attic, when a mop of honey-blonde hair suddenly appeared through the wooden...
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Categories:
snail, august, bereavement, blue, christmas,
Form:
Narrative
Internal Bonfire Among Bitter BreathsAs a misty autumn succumbs to winters harsh chilling grasp.
The sky turns bleak and hues of shrouding grey.
The ominous days unfold shorter and colder.
The remnants...
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Categories:
snail, analogy, hope, winter,
Form:
Free verse
Garden FreshCrisp end of winter morning,
my shovel digs the soil,
turning over weeds and worms,
and watch them twist and coil …
hoe the dirt once more again,
until a...
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Categories:
snail, garden,
Form:
Rhyme
You, Me and the Open SeaJust you, me and the open sea,
in a boat with a big white sail.
We’ll ride the surf and laugh with glee,
said the centipede to the...
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Categories:
snail, children, boat, , Lullaby,
Form:
Rhyme
Eclectic Wonders In Seasonal Flowers --- a CollabWords in italic by Angeline Lim
Words in regular font by Timothy Hicks
Hydrangea blues
blooming in seven colors
versatile at heart
Storm clouds in a tantrum and yet
the...
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Categories:
snail, appreciation, beauty, flower, image,
Form:
Rengay
Sitting On the Fence At TwilightSitting on the Fence at Twilight
When the sun waved good-bye in the afternoon,
I’d say hello to the smiling Man in the Moon.
Perching on our...
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Categories:
snail, childhood, memory,
Form:
Rhyme
The Poetry Soup Convention 2011My name is Gary Fields
And I am at the Poetry Convention
Their are a myriad of Poet's
They are all in contention
There are so many that I...
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Categories:
snail, anniversary, on writing and
Form:
Narrative
Bah HumbugBah! Humbug! It’s that time of year;
I can’t understand the reason
why everyone is so full of cheer
just because it’s the Christmas season.
The traffic on...
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Categories:
snail, christmas, humorous, loneliness, sad,
Form:
Rhyme
When the Party Is OverWhen The Party Is Over
When the party’s over, the rising sun shines, with all eyes squinting
Make-up smeared on face’s, some have slimy snail skin
A woman...
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Categories:
snail, celebration, halloween,
Form:
Quintain (Sicilian)
At 50I am five,
I want all the pears and pies,
Pops, sweets and fries;
I really think this life.
I am ten,
I have learnt how to hold my pen,
Learnt...
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Categories:
snail, age,
Form:
Verse
Internal Bonfire Among Bitter BreathsAs a misty autumn succumbs to winters harsh chilling grasp.
The sky turns bleak and hues of shrouding grey.
The ominous days unfold shorter and colder.
The remnants...
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Categories:
snail, autumn, winter,
Form:
Free verse
Slippery SlopperyA slippery sloppery slipping snail
Slithered slimed and slid on the floor
Feeling hurried harried hungry and helpless
As starlings screeched spiraled and saw
That slippery sloppery slipping snail
Who...
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Categories:
snail, funny,
Form:
Alliteration
The Frog Prince - Part 1A funny frog called Mr Snog,
once lived beside a slimy bog,
he was a most peculiar fellow,
his hat was red, his boots were yellow,
his waistcoat was...
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Categories:
snail, allegory, fairy, humorous, metaphor,
Form:
Light Verse
A Woman's Work Is Never Done - For ContestMy alarm clock was set to go off at eight
When I lurched out of bed oh heck I was late
Forgot to move on the clock...
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Categories:
snail, humorous,
Form:
List