Short Possum Poems
Short Possum Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Possum by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Possum by length and keyword.
wild possum plays dead
woodpecker knocks on green wood
willow weeps for both
wherever the carcass is
will the vulture there gather
Categories:
possum, metaphor,
Form:
Tanka
grandfather
died in the forgotten plague
of the last century*
I sit musing under the cherry
startled by a white possum
*tuberculosis
Categories:
possum, body, grandfather, mom,
Form:
Tanka
Aquamarine, winks.
Observing them, they do blink.
A possum, just thinks.
12/29/2021
RHYMED HAIKU
Categories:
possum, animal, stars, winter,
Form:
Haiku
food for the dark night
trashcans tipped over and emptied
possum family
Wednesday, January 12, 2022
HAIKU CONTEST inspired by BASHO only Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Damned I-Be
Categories:
possum, animal,
Form:
Haiku
The Hunter
Grandson
Ho-hum
Possum
‘Yum-yum
Preparing the feast, grandson, ho-hum.
Slayer of beast, possum, ‘yum-yum!
© Dane Ann Smith-Johnsen
March 16, 2010
Poetic form: Tyburn
Categories:
possum, animals, food
Form:
Tyburn
The Lost Apple
Solemn
Blossom
Gleesome
Possum
Ravening beast, solemn, blossom, dead.
Killer of plants, gleesome, possum, fed.
© Dane Ann Smith-Johnsen
March 16, 2010
Poetic form: Tyburn
Categories:
possum, food, nature
Form:
Tyburn
Peter Possum had a nasty rep
He was so white, he couldn't be hep
He got him some brown paint
Said, "I am what I ain't!"
If he'd only unlearn that goose step
Note: MP in the title stands for Military Police
Categories:
possum, animal, color, satire,
Form:
Limerick
Blossom
Limerick
By: Tom Wright
2004
There once was a girl named Blossom,
Whose complexion was really awesome.
When I asked for a date,
She returned looks of hate,
Saying, before dating you I’d eat possum.
Categories:
possum, girl,
Form:
Limerick
I can almost hear
the tree scream
lopped and cut to the ground
it's base drilled
and poison filled
oozes life for months
until a spent force
the earth and insects
claim the octopus
with it's once mighty tentacles
being devoured.
Categories:
possum, life,
Form:
Free verse
I like to go and check out the Heaven before I die
So first I will garner needed good deeds and earn my salvation
then I would just play possum for a while and hoodwink death.
~Sijo contest by Deborah Guenther Beachboard.
Categories:
possum, heaven, hope,
Form:
Sijo
After she was born, daddy called her “little possum”
Mama said, “Don’t listen child, you are gonna blossom”
they never saw her smile
they said, “It’s not her style”
When they placed her in the ground, both whispered, “You are awesome”
Categories:
possum, love, parents,
Form:
Limerick
When the possum met with our tire tread
He lay still and we thought he was dead
So we scooped him right up
In a pot for our sup
Let’s just say we were gravely misled
12.13.18
For make me LOL contest
Sponsor - Nina Parmenter
Categories:
possum, funny,
Form:
Limerick
This sandy shore is mine, I am its vassal;
building my fort, I was much too facile.
Just as I finished, here came a passel,
a passel of beach possums, razzle-dazzle.
I'm not quittin', though it be a hassle;
possum trash'l be an awesome castle.
Categories:
possum, 11th grade, bullying,
Form:
Monorhyme
Winter is surly.
Eagerly early,
Spring overtakes.
Not left behind
I hurry to find
Clippers and rake.
Each bud and blossom
Quits playing possum.
Appearances make.
Responsive resurgence,
Fixed on fast forward,
Nature awakes!
By: Joyce Johnson
1/28/10
Categories:
possum, nature
Form:
Rhyme
Silently signaled,
Eagerly early
Spring overtakes
Not left behind
I hurry to find
Clippers and rakes.
Each bud and blossom
Quits playing possum
Appearance makes.
Responsive resurgence,
Fixed on fast forward,
Nature awakes.
By: Joyce Johnson
Won 2nd place
Categories:
possum, nature
Form:
Light Verse
Let this be a reminder of
How you pounded your incestuous breath
On my lips
Hands clinched to my hips
As you force fed me
Your spoiled milk
Scared from the threats you made
I played possum
As you played your dirty tricks on me
I forgive you
But Karma is a *****!
Categories:
possum, abuse, remember, truth,
Form:
Free verse
Possum ran
out in road,
me squash him,
like road kill,
Under shoe,
Rest in peace,
Dear friend...
Categories:
possum, death, fear,
Form:
Free verse
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Categories:
possum, cat, poems, poets,
Form:
Shape
I sleep all day out of sight
In a tree hollow
Coiled up in a ball, am I
Stay still; don’t wallow
When night doth blossom
In the dusk I will forage
Just call me “possum”
Submitted by: Charles Sides
Posted: 9/28/2012
For the Wonder of Dusk in Seguidilla Contest
Categories:
possum, animals,
Form:
Rhyme
Alley cat sitting
On a fence post, in the dark;
Movement in shadow,
Catches his marbled, green eyes;
One leap and dinner is served.
Such a feast will last
Him and his friends, a whole day;
Opossum will fight;
But, alley cat’s determined
One leap and cat is the meal!
Categories:
possum, animal, cat, food, nature, poetry,
Form:
Tanka
The strangest things happen
in the Northern hemisphere
dancing dervishes
become the norm
in the mid Norwegian Sun,
mercator projected
A bird in flight
caught by the car lights,
travelling incognito.
Recess to be free,
there's a longing ;
in the upper atmosphere
see the lodestar disappear.
Categories:
possum, anxiety,
Form:
Free verse
I once had a Manx who constantly primped; her white underbelly never sported one piece of grass or dirt. She kept so clean and fluffy that we’d no idea he’d had her backside chewed up for three days, by an Opossum!
In altercation
My cat became Opossum
Chow wearing teeth marks.
Categories:
possum, animal, cat, conflict, emo, nature, pets, poems,
Form:
Haibun
The pups are quite the pack,
Never know when they will attack!
Red eyed demons,
Ears laid back,
Maybe a possum will be a snack!
Held tightly in my grip,
Never know when I'll slip!
Off they go,
With me in tow!
Perhaps I should just let them go!
Categories:
possum, 12th grade, dog, fun, funny, pets,
Form:
Rhyme
Stoplight Fireflies
Stoplight fireflies blink yellow
over vacant intersections
Owls whisper on the mist
mime-like field mice listen
Soft surf muffles side step
clatter of crab legs
Feral eyes swallow
waning moonlight
A possum waddles beneath
blinking yellow fireflies.
©John G. Lawless
4/3/2017
Categories:
possum, night, summer,
Form:
Free verse
I prefer to receive my own
Purchased by the clinking of keys and a
Blister forming on the thumb.
I prefer to find my own
Among the twisted branches and bleeding berries.
The coat with the mended sleeve dangles by my head
as we find the sleeping bears above us.
He laughs as his becomes a possum
And mine a mountain top.
Categories:
possum, dream, england, first love, growing up, imagination,
Form:
Light Verse