Best Turkey Poems
Below are the all-time best Turkey poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of turkey poems written by PoetrySoup members
Enough Already, Ode to a TurkeyOh how I love thee with your white and dark meat
Thou art the very best
But because of you, I can’t see my feet
My navel is...
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Categories:
turkey, funny, holidaylove, me,
Form:
Ode
THANKSGIVING TURKEYThey organized a church bazaar,
To raise money for the poor.
A booth for selling chances
Was set up, outside the door.
When I bought the raffle ticket,
My...
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Categories:
turkey, animals, food, funny, seasons,
Form:
Narrative
Turkey ChaseTurkey's on the table, both legs up
Everything was fine, 'til I made the first cut!
The turkey unleashed a "CACKLE!", then jumped onto the floor
All you...
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Categories:
turkey, giving, humor,
Form:
Couplet
Jesus was TurkishA strange claim
Of a man of passion
Of kindness
He said
Let the children come to me
For what man would refuse the smile
The innocence of a child
He parted...
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Categories:
turkey, age, animal, bible, inspirational,
Form:
Free verse
Where The Heart ResidesLike open arms
These broken gates reach out to me
And lead me to the lonely house
That overlooks the sea
Her door once proud and stately
Now splintered hangs...
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Categories:
turkey, heart, love, me, old,
Form:
Personification
Christmas Miracle in the Ghetto (Co-written with John Moses Freeman)Peering at the radiating faces of happy families
So much joy emanates from well-to-do children’s sparkling eyes
Wish I could replace the grief, put smiles on the...
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Categories:
turkey, family, holiday, hope, upliftingme,
Form:
Narrative
womanI am the daughter of eve ,with the strength to create or destroy the world,but you nasty people
Judge and say me as a simple weak...
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Categories:
turkey, daughter, heart, life, love,
Form:
Name
Thanksgiving from Three PerspectivesA Child's Thanksgiving Prayer
Lord, I thank thee as I sit to eat,
For mashed potatoes that I helped to make.
And thanks, dear Lord, we're having...
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Categories:
turkey, family, funnymom, prayer, thanksgiving,
Form:
Sonnet
FANCY STRESS - COLLABORATION WITH THE AMAZING NINA PARMENTERThere’s a party tonight so I bouffe up my hair
Pamper and powder my sweet derrière,
Arrive at the door, all done up to impress.....
Oh man, I...
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Categories:
turkey, celebration, clothes, humorous,
Form:
Rhyme
Thanksgiving Dinner Gone AwryIt was my first Thanksgiving dinner as his wife
so I wanted the meal to be perfect in every way
But...trembling in fear, I cut my finger...
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Categories:
turkey, humor,
Form:
Rhyme
The City ZooA cute gentile pig in New York
plays hopscotch over turtle hurdles
which eased her bunny
until a smack talking turkey announced,
'Did you hear how the skunks in...
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Categories:
turkey, animal, friendship, fun, silly,
Form:
Free verse
I am the GrinchI am the Grinch
I am I am, you know that I am
The Grinch of Grinch's and so
Don’t call me Sam
For Sam I not am
I am...
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Categories:
turkey, children, christmas, life, love,
Form:
Classicism
Follow The Bouncing Ball
She dresses the land down
in a virginal bridal gown
a masterfully cut and sewn chenille
shines brightly with a fine crystal appeal
Her assistants work quite diligently
to add special...
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Categories:
turkey, cheer up, , cute,
Form:
Free verse
THANK GOODNESS IT'S ONLY ONCE A YEARTurkey so dry that I can’t speak
Brussel sprouts boiled for a week
Roast potatoes burnt to a crisp
Lumpy gravy
I feel
Sick
Jan Allison
26th October
Inspired by Andrea’s contest but...
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Categories:
turkey, food, humorous, thanksgiving,
Form:
Free verse
Some Thoughts For NovemberAnother month of days has passed us by
We now prepare for cold November rains
For veterans our hearts will sadly sigh
With daylight savings time some sun...
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Categories:
turkey, appreciation, blessing, thanksgiving, veterans
Form:
Sonnet
HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO YOU ALLThis is a terrible time of year for Turkeys
How many innocent lives are going to be lost?
All their friends and relations are in for the...
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Categories:
turkey, america, celebration, food, humorous,
Form:
Acrostic
Animal LifeIn the dog-days of summer of so long ago
there were bear-hugging moments I like to recall
Like leafing through pages of ram-shackle books,
that are dog-eared, and...
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Categories:
turkey, child, childhood, nature, summer,
Form:
Free verse
Casted Stones
As I ride the winding roads away from smothering waves of hypocrisy,
I cross the line into freedom through valleys, soft breeze and fluent rivers
Decorated with...
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Categories:
turkey, freedom, mountains,
Form:
Free verse
Saint Nicholas, The Bishop In RedA little girl approached her mother and said to her one day
"Santa Claus is not real, that's what all my friends say"
Her tears began...
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Categories:
turkey, children, christmas, inspirational,
Form:
Narrative
Twas the Night Before Christmas -slightly revised
‘Twas the night before Christmas,
and once in my bed,
no visions of anything
danced in my head.
The night – uneventful -
no kids bothered me.
No sound of...
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Categories:
turkey, christmas,
Form:
Rhyme
STILL-THANKFUL FORTwo-thousand twenty-one, scratching my head.
Let’s back up all the way up to January. Mom and Dad
working consistently to beat the ovarian cancer-monster.
Still the clink
...
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Categories:
turkey, thanksgiving,
Form:
Free verse
I Will Remember You MostI am not sure whether I am missing you or that you are missing life~
...
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Categories:
turkey, brother, memory,
Form:
Free verse
Fall Family Feast FootlesAn oddly-shaped Thanksgiving bird:
quirky
turkey
What we call Grandma's mashed potatoes:
dreamy
creamy
How she adds...
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Categories:
turkey, family, thanksgiving day,
Form:
Footle
Thanksgiving Memory
Thanksgiving Day for me is very nice,
I do what my mother did and her mother.
A gathering...
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Categories:
turkey, thanksgiving,
Form:
Verse
Christmas DinnerA Christmas dinner that can’t be beat
Here is the menu of what we’ll eat
Mashed potatoes whipped smooth and fluffy
Green bean casserole; nice and crunchy
Pickles and...
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Categories:
turkey, food, holidaychristmas, christmas,
Form:
Couplet