Rat Poems

List of New Poems

PM	Poem Title	Poet	Form	Form	Categories
	The gunmen and the long night	richard nnoli	Epic	Epic	rat, abuse, africa, dedication, freedom,
	I'm packing and she's packing	Ralph Sergi	Haibun	Haibun	rat, murder,
	Defining Truth Defies Das Democratic Thinker In The Age Of Trump	matthew harris	Political Verse	Political Verse	rat, anger, anxiety, bullying, crush,
	To my Children, Gina and Will	Vanessa hughes	Rhyme	Rhyme	rat, children,
	Slum	CHRISTOPHER BOWEN	Sonnet	Sonnet	rat, animal, fear, insect,
	PERSEVERE ST and OVERCOME BLVD	Mark Weismantel	Couplet	Couplet	rat, child, city, dad, mom,
	Dead People In The Bathroom	Susan Jeavons	Rhyme	Rhyme	rat, child, death, fear, humanity,
	A Conversation	Son of Spock	Prose	Prose	rat, funny,
	3:00AM	allen beilschmidt sr.	Free verse	Free verse	rat, death, night,
	A Mouse under the Refrigerator	Caren Krutsinger	Free verse	Free verse	rat, 10th grade, 6th grade,
	I WISH I WEREN'T A CENTIPEDE	John Arribas	Rhyme	Rhyme	rat, 8th grade, allusion, fun,
	HIS MASTER'S VOICE	Harry Biosah	Prose Poetry	Prose Poetry	rat, anti bullying, black african
	We are Wearing Pajamas Today	Caren Krutsinger	Free verse	Free verse	rat, school, teacher, teachers day,
	Pursuit	Victoria Lucas	Blank verse	Blank verse	rat, dream,
	Carrion	Andrew Collinson	Narrative	Narrative	rat, bird, dark, nature,
	Unexpected Item In The Bagging Area	Judy Dunbar	Limerick	Limerick	rat, anger, fun, funny, humor,
	Too Much Edward G	Caren Krutsinger	Free verse	Free verse	rat, nostalgia,
	50 Words for Poe: Phantasmagoria	Lady Labyrinth	Free verse	Free verse	rat, dark, muse, mystery, romance,
	Kicking the Little Men to the Curb	Caren Krutsinger	Light Verse	Light Verse	rat, 10th grade, 11th grade,
	Battered Homes and Garbage	Lyra pendragon	Narrative	Narrative	rat, 7th grade, drug,
	Loyal Enemies	Rhona McFerran	Free verse	Free verse	rat, best friend, betrayal, feelings,
	50 Words for Poe: Temporal	Lady Labyrinth	Free verse	Free verse	rat, dark, gothic, mystery, psychological,
	There's a Cat on my Porch	Roof Missing	Rhyme	Rhyme	rat, faith, humor, political,
	Red Wine	Dave Moore	Rhyme	Rhyme	rat, age, cancer, drink, red,
	50 Words for Poe: Rasputin	Lady Labyrinth	Burlesque	Burlesque	rat, dark, death of a
	Brown Dog	FABIYAS M V	Free verse	Free verse	rat, dog,
	You Be the Judge	Andrea Dietrich	Free verse	Free verse	rat, write,
	Ode to a Dead Black Rat	Wanda Daugherty	Prose Poetry	Prose Poetry	rat, allegory, angst, animal, crazy,
	A Cat A Rat and Paws That Bat	M. L. Kiser	Light Verse	Light Verse	rat, animal, cat, cute, funny,
	A Cat In A Rat Hole	Subimal Sinha-Roy	Light Verse	Light Verse	rat, cat, humorous,
	Coffee House Blues	Nash Benedict	Free verse	Free verse	rat, business, life, money, people,
	DELINEATED DESIRE	Trudy Schrader	Rhyme	Rhyme	rat, desire,
	Freedom	curtis johnson	Prose Poetry	Prose Poetry	rat, america, animal, freedom,
	Little Lost Lad	Laura Leiser	Rhyme	Rhyme	rat, boy, cat, fun,
	DOWNTOWN BLUES	Line Gauthier	Rhyme	Rhyme	rat, angst, anxiety, city, retirement,
	The Rat-Race	Rajagopal Kaimal	Blank verse	Blank verse	rat, business, culture, how i
	Left Foot, Right Foot	Jakob Towell	Rhyme	Rhyme	rat, childhood, cry, farewell, hate,
	Not a rat Haiku senryu	Charlie Knowlton	Haiku	Haiku	rat, animal, trust,
	IN A LITTLE WHILE	Harry Biosah	Free verse	Free verse	rat, art, life,
	The Rat - In Trumps own words	Robert Ippaso	Rhyme	Rhyme	rat, hilarious, humorous, parody, political,
	nowhere	Ashlea Senft	I do not know?	I do not know?	rat, childhood, image, imagery, memory,
	Enslaved to the Rat Race	Kristie Souanevichith	Free verse	Free verse	rat, america, dark, life, money,
	Spinning Wheels Turn	charles messina	Verse	Verse	rat, truth,
	A World Without Songbirds	Emile Pinet	Rhyme	Rhyme	rat, 10th grade, beautiful, bird,
	Tale Of A Forgetful Old Man	Subimal Sinha-Roy	Free verse	Free verse	rat, analogy, fantasy, imagery,
	City life	Ibohal Kshetrimayum	I do not know?	I do not know?	rat, abortion, absence, abuse, adventure,
	Day in the Life of the First Grader	Caren Krutsinger	Light Verse	Light Verse	rat, school, teacher, teachers day,
	Its A Rat Race	Bette Bavington	Villanelle	Villanelle	rat, business, career, introspection, jobs,
	COATS AND HAT	kurtis scott aka curtis futch jr	Prose Poetry	Prose Poetry	rat, emotions,
	President Trump	Pixie Dust	Rhyme	Rhyme	rat, humor,

Rat Poem Example

Violence In Video Games

There was a loud explosion, followed by shouts of glee
The rat-a-tat-tat of gunshot, was suddenly surrounding me
It was much to my horror that my husband bought the game
And to watch my boys playing it, nearly drove me insane.

They blew things up, they shot at them, and they loved every shot
“But it will warp their minds” I said, my husband said “It will not.”
He promised he would sit with them, but that’s cos he wanted to play
And he said he could drum into them that it is just a game that day.

I peered round the doorway, I watched him guide them through
They cheered, and laughed at gruesome bits, my husband cringed a bit too
But as they grew they learned, but I know this is not true of all
Mine are both big wimps, and even husband on seeing blood will fall.

They cannot stand needles, a paper cut makes them cry
They cannot watch the news, when there is death and destruction awry
So in all honesty I don’t agree with violence in video games at all
But I think it’s up to the parents to make the final call.

Children in days of old, shot each other with a home made stick gun
They made swords out of anything, and always fought to the death in fun.
Play has changed they are safer inside, the trouble now I think this is it
Is when they are left to their own devices and the videos are used just to baby-sit.

©3/01/2013
~GG~
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