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Crawdads Poems - Poems about Crawdads

Premium MemberECHOES OF THE LAKE

...Trumpet-like lilies by the lake
preen for the flamboyant flamingo,
sifting through the murky waters,
searching for algae and shrimp
where crawdads click and clatter.

While silvery fish glide s...
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Categories: crawdads, animal, bird, flower, insect,
Form: Free verse

Oy vey iz mir, one day in the life of a common house broken schmeckle

...Oy vey iz mir, one day in the life of a common house broken schmeckle...,

who did pötschke
and squander many an opportunity
to become a mensch
instead he became persona non grata
condemned to ...
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Categories: crawdads, adventure, angst, appreciation, confidence,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Memberfishing in the creek

...no pole is needed 
just a bucket for minnows 
and small crawdads too...
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Categories: crawdads, fishing,
Form: Haiku

Premium MemberBookish Menagerie: A Time Traveler's Library

...Toddlers' Exploration: 

Cardboard drum and a thunderous beast
With playful roars in tiny fists and feasts.
Fleeting wings glide to dreams just out of reach
Soaring through tales of barny...
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Categories: crawdads, adventure, books, childhood, imagination,
Form: Narrative

Premium MemberMontage, Part One of Many

...I stand
Standing upon the emerald landscape
posture stiff and still
Eyes like black holes
devouring the space around me
Glass horse galloping, prisms 
exploding through the plainlands
Time pas...
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Categories: crawdads, dream, imagery, imagination, longing,
Form: Free verse



Premium MemberCrawdads

...Where do crawdads hide 
buried in muddy creek banks 
living the good life...
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Categories: crawdads, animal,
Form: Haiku

Premium MemberFinding Lost Youth

...I remember 
running into the woods 
free spirit 
no worries 
picking berries from the vine 
eating peaches plucked from the tree 
catching crawdads in the creek 
taking in the smells of nature...
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Categories: crawdads, nature, youth,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberAutumn Stroll

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"Autumn leaves don't fall, they fly. They take their time and wander on this their only chance to soar." - Delia Owens, Where the Crawdads Sing

I’ll loose myself in an autumn st...
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Categories: crawdads, appreciation, autumn,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberThee Abortion

...Leaving the train left us rattled 
braising sounds abruptly heightened 
my senses measured completely
beneath sullen moments within 
quiet calmness thee essence of

Arlington cemetery the hidde...
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Categories: crawdads, allah, arabic,
Form: Ghazal

Premium MemberA Leaf's Flight

...“Autumn leaves don’t fall; they fly. They take their time and wander on this, their only chance to soar.” Owens, Delia. Where the Crawdads Sing, Chapter 17: “Crossing the Threshold” (p. 124).


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Categories: crawdads, autumn, flying, longing,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberAutumn Leaves Sailing Round

...“Autumn leaves don't fall, they fly. They take their time and wander on this their only chance to soar.”

Quote By: Delia Owens, Where the Crawdads Sing


Crisp swift wind whistle clear, autumn ...
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Categories: crawdads, autumn,
Form: Triolet

Premium MemberLearning Optimization

...Let’s keep on learning* amidst reading glow
Kindled by wondrous interest to grow
Radiating wisdom along knowledge flow
To vanquish ignorance and folly’s blow.

Led by guiding light of tr...
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Categories: crawdads, blessing, christian, education, growth,
Form: Didactic

Premium MemberWhere Rare Birds Sing

...Golden rays filter through rustling red leaves
Oscillating fall colors to rhythms of evening
Amid sounds exotic as animals roam freely
Deep into wilderness, where rare birds sing,
Where trees gro...
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Categories: crawdads, autumn, nature,
Form: Verse

Let the Leaf Fly

...When the leaf falls from a dying tree
in the brisk autumn breeze,
It seems to sprout wings 
like a fledgling that spreads its wings
and sets off from its nest to explore
the wide expanse of the ...
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Categories: crawdads, autumn,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberWe Create a Decoupage

...7. “Autumn leaves don’t fall; they fly. They take their time and wander on this, their only chance to soar.” Owens, Delia. Where the Crawdads Sing, Chapter 17: “Crossing the Threshold” (p. 124).


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Categories: crawdads, autumn, nature,
Form: Personification

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