Cupid is a Sharpshooter
Cupid a.k.a Amor
is considered armed and dangerous
so shield your heart
against his aphrodisiacal ‘dart.’
Wear a bullet proof vest
to protect your chest!
Cupid is a notorious sharpshooter
who can hit his targets
far and wide
so you can't run and hide.
His semi automatic
makes each shot ecstatic.
Cupid is wanted
for assault with a deedly weapon
and for inciting love
so
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Categories:
sharpshooter, fantasy, love,
Form: Rhyme
Sharpshooter
He's a perfect shot
shoots at targets in backyard
and never misses
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Categories:
sharpshooter, son,
Form: Senryu
Annie Oakely: the Legend of Little Miss Sharpshooter
Annie Oakely: The Poem by Shane Nielsen
Deep in the Ohio woods, to brown eyes aspy,
The wondrous echoes of nature give their humble reply,
to the spirit of sight, and the will to try.
Billows of smoke from fires who do not cease to prier,
ventured the aptly named Little Miss Sharpshooter,
the stakes couldn't be higher.
To feed the sick
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Categories:
sharpshooter, america, appreciation, beauty, independence
Form: Rhyme
Sharpshooter Sam
shake
shuffle
shamefully
shifty shakedown
sham
AP: Honorable Mention 2025
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Categories:
sharpshooter, word play,
Form: Lanterne
Sharp Sharper Sharpest Sharpshooter
Sharp.
Cutting. Ouch!
Sharp writing, revered.
Sharpshooter. Wow!
Sharp-sighted. Flight cleared.
Sharp-tailed grouse.
Sharp-eyed mouse.
Sharp-witted, admired.
Sharp-tongue makes me tired.
Sharp-cut, defined.
Sharpish,
Sharpie
Sharp!
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Categories:
sharpshooter, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Light Verse
Texas Sharpshooter Fallacy
It may be fallacious to make a poem about a fallacy
But I wish to talk about a problem in reality
Once upon a Texas morning, a man held in low respects took a gun from his home
He moved quietly in the afternoon shooting all 6 rounds
He took red paint and drew a target that astounds
He claimed
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Categories:
sharpshooter, corruption, satire, science,
Form: Free verse