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Short Folk Tale Poems

Short Folk Tale Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Folk Tale by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Folk Tale by length and keyword.


Folk Tale
tidy yarn woven
neatly spliced with home spun charm
gilded tapestry...

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Categories: folk tale, social
Form: Haiku



To Glen Campbell
With distance in his voice,
he traveled on the wind

Guitar case for a saddle,
to ride each beckoning whim

A folk tale left untethered,
his melody to claim

Each song an affirmation
—his legend to refrain

(Villanova Pennsylvania: July, 2020)...

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Categories: folk tale, tribute,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Watch Out For the Krampus
You had best be on your toes the merry grandma said.
The Krampus will get you if you don’t watch out!
We were almost too terrified to go to our bed.
Hearing the Krampus outside giving an imaginary shout.

The Krampus is coming, our uncle Ned said, happy to scare.
There was some weird kind of terror floating around in the air.
I don’t believe in the Krampus my big brother said.
I was too afraid to disbelieve for the Krampus might strike me dead....

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Categories: folk tale, christmas,
Form: Rhyme

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