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Possums Poems - Poems about Possums

Possums Poems - Examples of all types of poems about possums 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 possums.
Her Life as a Poem
...Her big-boned spirit was a fine-spun sprouting of prairie brome, threaded through with engine oil. Her home was a rickety refuge for wayward cats. Upon her tangled porch poems grew in small......Read the rest...
Categories: possums, poetry,
Form: Free verse



The Neighborhood Hoodlums
...Crazy rabbits chomping on my lettuce Deer eating the flowers right down to their nubs Woodpeckers drilling right through the siding Armadillos rooting in search of grubs Squirrels trying to cli......Read the rest...
Categories: possums, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
No Better Teacher
...Anytime you asked my dad a question, like, "Hey dad, what do you think about it?" You’re going to get his standard reply, "Well, I don't know too much about that ****." If you could learn to ju......Read the rest...
Categories: possums, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
Missouri Raised
...Growing up in Podunk Missouri, meant that we had the freedom to roam. Up and down rivers and wooded hills, those places that we called home. Picked berries, peaches, plums, and cherries, and a......Read the rest...
Categories: possums, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Nature's Way
..."AS THE MISTY MOON RIDES HIGH" Hoots from hungry owls' echo through the valleys With the morning sun half awake A bran new day opens eyes Surviving through another night Chipmunks, squirre......Read the rest...
Categories: possums, moon, nature,
Form: Verse



Premium Member A Spider, a Mouse, a Snake
...A spider can scare a lady A mouse can scare one too A snake can scare a homeowner who finds one in his shoe Some kids are scared of dogs others fear a skunk even more than ......Read the rest...
Categories: possums, animal, fantasy, fear,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member No Silk Purses
...It's impossible to make a silk purse out of a Sow's ear Why would we need to I want to make things clear, And adhere to the rules, Only idiots and fools Could you imagine a Sow's ear made of sil......Read the rest...
Categories: possums, 10th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Southern Summer
...In the oceans of cherry tree blossoms Shades of pink and red ebb and flow like tides Prehensile tails curled tight, sleeping possums adorn the arbor eaves where she resides The southern summer ......Read the rest...
Categories: possums, seasons, summer,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member Pseudocide
...Perennial plants do it. Possums we presume. Those who pretend to die, But found alive,not tombed.......Read the rest...
Categories: possums, bereavement, confusion, death, farewell,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Fallen Man In Manhole
... I must be a tad, lazy Come across a bit crazy I walked to a manhole and I jumped in And the sewer waters One raccoon and two possums I felt like it was an honor Cause I'm homeles......Read the rest...
Categories: possums, adventure, analogy, anxiety, endurance,
Form: Rhyme
Possums
...What a friend we have in possums eat ticks......Read the rest...
Categories: possums, animal, friendship,
Form: Senryu
Premium Member Ballad of Joyce Hill
...To her family she was coy but truly she would be their Joy, a country girl from Kingaroy - the fourth of eleven. Over hill and range she did tramp living......Read the rest...
Categories: possums, tribute,
Form: Ballad
Aluminum Siding
...ALUMINUM SIDING my heart is buried behind the aluminum siding, trapped inside that bubbly feeling i’d get when your arms would graze my waist, in the late night bus rides when the light slipping......Read the rest...
Categories: possums, 10th grade, break up,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Sandbags of Love
...I don’t want to hate…but when I hear hate spewing from other people’s mouths…when I see the way certain people are treated for being who they are…when I see Ukrainians on the run… I don’t want to ha......Read the rest...
Categories: possums, hate, love,
Form: Rhyme
Evenings In Springtime : Nov 2021
...Babies cry, sleep, change nappies, feed. Toddlers drink water from cups. Younger brothers, younger sister, older brother, older sister, small town, large country. One lane roads, one lane bridges, u......Read the rest...
Categories: possums, childhood, nostalgia,
Form: Haibun

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