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Best Trappers Poems


The Trappers
There was left no middle,
of the path. It was a washed-
out theme and 
negative numbers.

No bounce in the steps.
You were cowering in terror
of tomorrow. The fear
overwhelmed the alp.

It was a family feud,
from ashes to bones.
The mixed cadence was sending
the wrong signals to the walls.

The voices...

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Categories: trappers, art,
Form: ABC
Idea Trappers
IDEA TRAPPERS

I take a semblance of a hen
A hen conceives an egg
And brings forth an egg
The conditions have to be right
Or else there could never be eggs or hens
If that be the end of a story

Even so
The hen after the pain of delivery
The hen does...

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Categories: trappers, art, change, desire, fruit,
Form: Prose Poetry
Two Trappers
I’m a trapper! How are you?
I’m a trapper, too.
Then there’s a tragedy of us!
Heh, heh!
Aren’t you too close… your loophole…

DON’T SHOUT!
You know, the tiger is staring at us!
FREEZE!

Take a look! 
Let’s look through a crack.
There’s a gang of buffallo murmuring a prayer.
Look at that brook
The...

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Categories: trappers, animal,
Form: Free verse

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry



Premium Member Researching Fly Trappers
Wizened elf researched the fly trappers as well as he could.
They were wreaking havoc and destruction in the deep north wood.
How do you get them to stop? He asked, looking them up at will.
Unfortunately, you have to push them out a bricked over window sill.

We...

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Categories: trappers, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Trapping Buddies
The cabin was smelly and warm, made toasty by three old trapping buddies.  Dick, the coyote man, Mark, the mink maestro, and Always-alive Raccoon Roy.
Raccoon Roy lit up his cigar, and offered the boys one.  He had been handing these sixty-five year old...

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Categories: trappers, cancer,
Form: Narrative

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry