Best Tall Tales Poems
Below are the all-time best Tall Tales poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of tall tales poems written by PoetrySoup members
Campfire and Tall TalesCampfire And Tall Tails
Friends and sons come walking into the campsite all dress in camo
from their long day’s...
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Categories:
tall tales, father, friend, friendship, nature,
Form:
Light Verse
A Child's True Tall TalesWhen I woke, Mom, I saw a parade
right before me! I wish it had stayed.
There were drummers and clowns,
lots of colors and sounds,
but in minutes,...
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Categories:
tall tales, humorous,
Form:
Limerick
MalimarInhaling, hushed, from hashed cigars
my mind implodes in Malimar
where Naiads bathe in caviar...
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Categories:
tall tales, fantasy,
Form:
Monorhyme
Burger BoyBurger boy hangs out
at the A&W
Spare change for burgers
he sometimes has two
He chats up the girls
imagines he is cool
Making up tall tales
but girls...
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Categories:
tall tales, childhood, devotion, loneliness, boy,
Form:
Quatrain
In the Clearingtwo boys racing
dash, dart, tear
airburst in a clearing punched open
arms of piston pumping disperse white funnels
...
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Categories:
tall tales, childhood, environment, freedom, future,
Form:
Free verse
Poetry and MeMy sweetest memories flow from my pen -
romance living on from remembering when.
Dreams I'm still living and dreams I've seen flee -
These are a part...
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Categories:
tall tales, poetry,
Form:
Rhyme
Westward Ho'In the 1600's, Europeans lived on the eastern shore
Their numbers grew, they wanted more.
Iroquios, Sauk, Ottawa, and Mohawk were tribes they met
Too many and more,...
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Categories:
tall tales, adventure, cowboy-western, history, native
Form:
Rhyme
Oysters
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Pin 4198: Disney Gallery - Alice in Wonderland Series (Baby Oyster)
Variations on The Walrus and the Carpenter" a narrative poem by...
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Categories:
tall tales, fantasy, fun, nonsense,
Form:
Rhyme
Uncle JimHe lived in a small place down by the river
Raised a few chickens and a garden to tend
Neat and clean but we knew he had...
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Categories:
tall tales, friend,
Form:
Quatrain
Asparagus Full Grown"Asparagus Full Grown"
Now it had been said again & again...
By those who sailed way away back then when~
Whot ayre aloft shall always come down~
So's may...
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Categories:
tall tales, adventure, dance, me, summer,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Truth, Shines Ever So BrightlyTruth, Shines Ever So Brightly
I was once wrapped it teeth and thick fur
ferocious and ghastly beast was me.
I was a bad dog, a wicked little...
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Categories:
tall tales, angst, change, conflict, moving
Form:
Sonnet
Charleston HarborThe brightly colored houses lighten my emotions.
The cobblestone streets encourage by shaking the worries away.
A town on the ocean's edge, aware of the power of...
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Categories:
tall tales, placesocean,
Form:
Narrative
Categories:
tall tales, bird, flower, garden, kiss,
Form:
Tail-rhyme
Ain'T An Ornery Yahoo - ColloquialismsAin't An Ornery Yahoo
Old widow lady of ninety-two
Lives by herself with nothing else to do
Except sit in her chair next to the window...
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Categories:
tall tales, bullying, woman,
Form:
Free verse
A Lovely Little DaydreamI like it when she talks
I like the way her hands fly through the air, animating, orchestrating a ballad of colourful characters, each word coupled...
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Categories:
tall tales, beautiful, beauty, cute love,
Form:
I do not know?