Short Hunt Poems

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Premium Member Failed Hunt

lioness sneaks up
   alert Impalas scatter ~
another day then...



Date written: 12/15/2021
Form: Haiku


Premium Member On the Hunt

hungry polar bear
darting across the tundra ~
seal on the menu




Date written: 01/16/2022
Form: Haiku

Premium Member Clerihew Hunt

William Holman Hunt a pre-rphelite
with much detil would cite
An insistent didactic theme
moralistic as well it would seem
Form: Clerihew

Premium Member Cats

Cats static, unlikely. They'd rather play in the big fish tank. It's the notion of prey in motion, fish.
Form: Ninette

Scavenger Hunt

I got to tell you about this dig
It made me dance the jig
I did it by night
With no one in sight
Out of my nose it was bloody big
Form: Limerick


The Hunt

release the hounds
as the seven a m
trumpet sounds
but i'm just
trying to releave
my dog peeing on
what is my pissing grr

ound
Form:

Premium Member MONOKU ekphrasis HUNT

William Holman Hunt paints* Jesus at our door**
                                                 the Holy Spirit wlll convict to be sure
Form: Didactic

Premium Member The Hunt For Humor

Poets capture words on the run
Fence them in as writing’s begun
The game is muddled
And authors befuddled
When penning a hard-to-catch pun
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Metaphor Treasure Hunt

‘The sadness will last forever’
But it will define me never

Inspired by Death Bed Poetry: Vincent Van Gogh by Iza Garcia Alonso, 2025
Form: Couplet

The Hunt

In grammar school the boys had fun
Even though not one had a gun
They'd stalk a girl
Trying to shoot squirrel
But not one ever even saw one
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Clerihew Hunt

Leigh Hunt son of a preacher man
libelling Prince Regent ending in the 'can'
Consistently championed Byron&Shelley
a poet ogf Peace undoubtly
Form: Clerihew

Premium Member Clerihew Hunt

William Ho!man Hunt
founding PRB* a bit of a punt
Detail upon detail was his key
asin 'Light of the Worldwe can see

* Pre-Rhaelite Brotherhood
Form: Clerihew

Egg Hunt

The Easter egg hunt was a blast,
With everyone running quite fast. 
Confetti in our hair
Not to mention underwear
Let's hope that dye isn't cast.
Form: Limerick

The Hunt

A gift inside the box...
  one question left unanswered

Whose key to then unlock
  lay distant—still unfound

(Baltimore Maryland: April, 2019)

Premium Member Metaphor Treasure Hunt

“who made herself smaller than the spaces between words”
neglect and indifference her bookends

Inspired by: The Girl I Carry, by Talia Izsak (2025)
Form: Couplet

Metaphor Treasure Hunt

"From a tree of thorns and creepy bushes,"
To a sun-kissed rose glistening in dew


Inspired by: The Red, Red Rose
by Jesudason Atputharajah (n.d.)

Premium Member Here Kitty Kitty

Skillful predator in chase mode.
He darts ever so agile and playful.
Loves his new krinkle toy.



Wordku: 5-7-5 words

AP: Honorable Mention 2026
Form: Other

Premium Member The Hunting of Boojumous Snarks

The hunting of Boojumous Snark,
It ain't but no kind of a lark.
It's best to wear lead,
From toes to the head,
And aim 'twixt the eyes with a quark.
Form: Limerick

Easter Eggs Hunt

it comes
and well done
as a kid we did
we run like a son gun
and had   fun
make a start
in the barn yard
theyer  hide them under stunk
its the
EASTER EGGS HUNT

Premium Member Metaphor Treasure Hunt

"Love can break a heart, leave it dangling on a string", 
or from a cord of larger gauge, it might swing.

Inspired by: Petals of Pain, by Joseph May (2024)
Form: Couplet

Night Hunt

The grass rustles

after nightfall—

armadillos hunting.





_________________________
For Brian's Adaptation Contest
Inspired by the work of Buson.
Form: Haiku

Premium Member Fox Hunt

Moonlight silhouette Shapes and shadows across land Reynard's midnight prowl Soft feathers rustle, hen house Driven by hunger, chaos.
Form: Tanka

Premium Member Easter Hunt

EASTER HUNT while sisters slumber he follows the bunny prints eyes jelly bean sly 1st Place 4/13/2017 Easter Senryu
1st Place
Form: Senryu

Premium Member METAPHOR TREASURE HUNT

The peasant scrapes charbroiled stones from his field—  
“Hope is a feathered thing” refusing to yield.  

Inspired by “Hope Takes Wing” by Chetta Achara [2025]
Form: Couplet

Big Wide World

unleashed
  I may waiver
  satin spoils
  are new to me

yield,
  your monotone salute
suckling praised
  a freedom from fur
  the hunt is mine
  devoutly

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