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Best Zebra Poems

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


Premium Member The Zebra Mystique
I want to ride a zebra

   and race the rays of radiance
       through heat-waves’ sailing gradients -

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Categories: zebra, adventure, animal, dream, fantasy,
Form: Rhyme



Don'T Bother Me
Don't bother me with conformity
don't bother me today-
with things I should (or shouldn't) do
or what I shouldn't say!

Don't bother me with conformity
my house is not...

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Categories: zebra, community, funny, how i
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Hocus Pocus
Hocus Pocus

Poets are like magicians.
They trick the heart into feeling, 
“things” they had no idea, were there at all. 

Sadly poets don’t always know how...

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© Ann Foster  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: zebra, 12th grade, abortion, abuse,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member I Came By
I Came By…
(to see you)

You don’t see me. 
I see you, everyday. 
I am afraid to say hello. 
You may say good-bye. 

I just want...

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© Ann Foster  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: zebra, beautiful, chocolate, cinderella, heartbroken,
Form: Free verse
I Love Horses: A--Z
I Love Horses: A--Z

A is for... Appaloosa. They have 
blankets on their rumps. 
B is for...Belgian. They work 
hard and can pull up stumps. 

C...

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Categories: zebra,
Form: Couplet



Premium Member Die Another Day
“Die Another Day”


“Your mission, should you so deem it,
Is to infiltrate ALL Fluff Clusters in K.A.O.S. Headquarters
And bloody well steam it!”


“The Place is a hazardous...

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Categories: zebra, fantasy, fun, imagery, imagination,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member My Alphabet
A a 	big A little a
                   What...

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© Eve Roper  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: zebra, children, kindergarten, preschool,
Form: Abecedarian
Premium Member On My Own
On My Own

It is early in the day for most. 
I am just going to sleep. ‘
This will make many people angry. 
But at times,...

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© Ann Foster  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: zebra, abortion, absence, abuse, addiction,
Form: Narrative
Wild Cherries
A giant snowball in springtime
From twenty yards out the sound and smell
Closer now; breathing her numbing scent
Listening to the drowsy hum
of greedy and jealous bees
forced...

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Categories: zebra, devotion, nature, nostalgia, tree,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Call Your Mother
Call Your Mother

Pick up the phone...
do it now. 
If you can.
Later if you must, 
I trust that you, 
know the difference. 

She never put you...

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© Ann Foster  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: zebra, abuse, confidence, earth, encouraging,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Another One Down
Another One Down
And another one bites the dust. 

Marriage. 
My friend, my neighbor, the lady next door, 
Rampant miscalculations of being too nice, 
two people...

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© Ann Foster  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: zebra, appreciation, betrayal, divorce, drink,
Form: Ballad
Premium Member Angels Sing
Angels Sing

I hear them, 
all the time. 
When I pick up my child, 
and hold her close, 
her breath…
Harps; lovely,
faraway, 
and distant.

When I go to...

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© Ann Foster  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: zebra, angel, christmas, confidence, granddaughter,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member A Bush Fire
A BUSH FIRE  
               
One scorching afternoon,
A sudden splintering sound...

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Categories: zebra, animal, fire,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Parade
Fantasy 2-22-24  
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Parade

At midnight dawn my mind escapes parting the stars
Making my way to a summerland torchlight parade
Where grand marshals of zebra fish 
Lead...

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Categories: zebra, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Faith Means Believing
Faith means believing
If there is a chance in the million
You could be the one who gets it

Faith means giving yourself the benefit of the doubt
Being...

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Categories: zebra, faith, inspiration, pride, self,
Form: Free verse

Book: Reflection on the Important Things