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Playing Possum Poems - Poems about Playing Possum

Playing Possum Poems - Examples of all types of poems about playing possum to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets of PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples for playing possum.

Premium Member Never Poke a Sleeping Bear
...never poke a sleeping bear he may be playing possum waiting to turn you into a morning snack quite awesome who can calculate the cost of any scratch without putting a value on the itch it has......Read the rest...
Categories: playing possum, humor,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Autumn Emblazon Pigments
...Emblazon pigment leaves in autumn Sun's lull shadow playing possum. Autumn rich hues of amber, anticipating Slowly trembling, slowly falling, Descending, creak and shudder, Un......Read the rest...
Categories: playing possum, autumn,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Playing Possum
...Playing possum to an Alaskan grizzly barged into his tent, unsuccessful. Good news and bad news. ......Read the rest...
Categories: playing possum, adventure, animal, horror, imagery,
Form: Imagism
Premium Member And So It Begins
...and so it begins… I lay here dormant playing possum peeking warily and wearily beneath the rotted leaves of Autumn’s glory testing the air with a daring shoot telescopically assessing the......Read the rest...
Categories: playing possum, metaphor,
Form: Personification
Premium Member Beware the Bug
...Beware the bug playing ‘possum; especially if it bites or stings! ......Read the rest...
Categories: playing possum, animal, earth, environment, garden,
Form: Monoku



Premium Member Crimson In Sunshine Or In Shadow
...A vision, crimson wave full of laughter pushing through manor shore, stunning roses in its beauties grace flew. Yesterday not forgotten lay infectious from bottom blossom, up like......Read the rest...
Categories: playing possum, autumn, rose,
Form: Free verse
Scuttlebutt
...I like travelling a lot that’s why people are often giving me guilt trips. I like to drill and dig holes that’s why people always bore me. I like playing possum that’s why life often passe......Read the rest...
Categories: playing possum, confusion,
Form: Free verse
Playing Possum Poker
... Politics is a cat-and-mouse poker game, Some play it well, others not so much Amateurs show their hidden hand, they got an easy-to-spot tell But the old pros are the best cons, ......Read the rest...
Categories: playing possum, corruption, political, truth, wisdom,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Two Hand Clap
...I've got a fist full of Buddha, And a fist full of Rand, A pocket full of Jesus, And the other's filled with sand, That's in case I need to make some glass, As it will proceed my foot in relatio......Read the rest...
Categories: playing possum, america, anti bullying, celebrity,
Form: Free verse
Bionic Betty: Another True Tale From the Mental Ward
...ely. On more than one occasion I questioned her actual insanity, but on one night, when the moon was full and all the crazies were, admittedly, much more maniacal than normal, my doubts about Betty's "playing possum" dissolved. It's true, you know, what they say about a full moon and the impact it has over the mind; I've witnessed it first-hand too many times in different psych wards to discount i......Read the rest...
Categories: playing possum, crazy, woman,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member My Spring Garden
...My garden is unfolding before my startled eyes. Each blossom as it opens is a welcome, glad surprise. The daffodils are blooming and spread sunshiny cheer, While the tulips are struggling to hol......Read the rest...
Categories: playing possum, seasons, garden, daffodils,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Signs of the Time
...Silently signaled, Eagerly early Spring overtakes Not left behind I hurry to find Clippers and rakes. Each bud and blossom Quits playing possum Appearance makes. Responsive resurgence, Fix......Read the rest...
Categories: playing possum, nature
Form: Light Verse
Matricide/Mother Earth
...I have come to accept the possibility that I, myself, may be partially to blame (my compost pile of shame) that I may have stroked the very wheel (unable to feel) that, set in m......Read the rest...
Categories: playing possum, nature, people, slam, visionary,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member Signs of the Times
...Winter is surly. Eagerly early, Spring overtakes. Not left behind I hurry to find Clippers and rake. Each bud and blossom Quits playing possum. Appearances make. Responsive resurgence, Fixe......Read the rest...
Categories: playing possum, nature
Form: Rhyme

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