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.
Yuk
beautiful
baby possum
roadkill...
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Categories:
possum, animal,
Form:
Haiku
Possum
Beautiful possum
lying in the street
buzzard food...
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Categories:
possum, angst, animal, irony,
Form:
Senryu
Loco Wildlife 2
look at
that possum
gratefully
playing Jerry
Garcia...
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Categories:
possum, muse,
Form:
I do not know?
A Bad Joke
the possum lies twice
he plays dead,
then he plays dead...
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Categories:
possum, animal,
Form:
Haiku
Poetic Irony
orange persimmons
rain down across the lawn
a possum lies dead...
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Categories:
possum, animals
Form:
Haiku
Petey Opussum Ii
Petey 'possum, pirates pipe
picked a persimmon, puckered
his profile...
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Categories:
possum, animals, childhood
Form:
Alliteration
Senryu 4-16-2018
motionless
a ponderous possum mime
duping death
John G. Lawless
©4/16/2018...
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Categories:
possum, society,
Form:
Senryu
Possum
babies on her back
the possum crossed the river
a log was her bridge...
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Categories:
possum, animal, baby, mother, river, scary,
Form:
Haiku
babies
babies on her back
the possum crossed the river
a log was her bridge
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Categories:
possum, animal, baby, meaningful, mother, nature, river, scary,
Form:
Haiku
Beware the Bug
Beware the bug playing ‘possum; especially if it bites or stings!
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Categories:
possum, animal, earth, environment, garden, insect, nature, planet,
Form:
Monoku
Today - Live
Today
I saw a possum
……playing “live”
John G. Lawless
©1/5/2022...
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Categories:
possum, animal, humor, word play,
Form:
Monoku
Evening Wings
evening
sleepily awaiting the sound
of her wings
startled by a white possum
advancing across the woods...
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Categories:
possum, animal, bird,
Form:
Tanka
Every Shut Eye Ain'T Sleep (Haiku)
Hanging by its tail,
on the limb of the oak tree,
possum feigns slumber
Comments:(Playin’ Possum)...
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Categories:
possum, animals, life, nature
Form:
Haiku
Case of the Possum
Playing dead
Devil rides piggback
Wishing ignorance, oblivion
Stupid?
Stick to guns
Jesus means everything!...
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Categories:
possum, faith, introspection
Form:
I do not know?
The Koala
The koala is cute and cuddly
On leaves she likes to chew
She also has a tummy pouch
Like the possum and kangaroo...
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Categories:
possum, animals, children, nature, , cute,
Form:
I do not know?
Play Possum
wild possum plays dead
woodpecker knocks on green wood
willow weeps for both
wherever the carcass is
will the vulture there gather...
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Categories:
possum, metaphor,
Form:
Tanka
Forgotten Plague
grandfather
died in the forgotten plague
of the last century*
I sit musing under the cherry
startled by a white possum
*tuberculosis...
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Categories:
possum, body, grandfather, mom,
Form:
Tanka
California Winter Stars
Aquamarine, winks.
Observing them, they do blink.
A possum, just thinks.
12/29/2021
RHYMED HAIKU...
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Categories:
possum, animal, stars, winter,
Form:
Haiku
The Meal of the Night
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...
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Categories:
possum, animal,
Form:
Haiku
The Hunter
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...
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Categories:
possum, animals, food
Form:
Tyburn
The Lost Apple
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...
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Categories:
possum, food, nature
Form:
Tyburn
Peter Possum -- Mp
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...
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Categories:
possum, animal, color, satire,
Form:
Limerick
Blossom
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.
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Categories:
possum, girl,
Form:
Limerick
The Possum Sanctuary
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....
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Categories:
possum, life,
Form:
Free verse
Playful Thinking
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....
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Categories:
possum, heaven, hope,
Form:
Sijo