Short Scarab Poems

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


Moor Girl

Feral as leather
Sculptured as a scarab
Curved as a burnt twig

Asleep beyond the punishment
Each tress solid with peat
Flaxen as old corn

Perhaps you softly breathe with water
Under the door of the Moon
Still as the night is rain.


Premium Member why do some scarab beetles have horns

Why do some scarab beetles have horns and others do not?
The answer to six scientific questions like this, I avidly sought.
To throw down their contender, said man who been a beetle.
To put them on a clothesline suggested a jokester named Meetle.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Why does Dragonfly Dip her Tail in the Water

Why do some scarab beetles have horns and others do not?
The answer to six scientific questions like this, I avidly sought.
To throw down their contender, said man who been a beetle.
To put them on a clothesline suggested a jokester named Meetle.
Form: Monorhyme

Premium Member Talisman

pharaoh's scarab eternity's talisman regenerative afterlife rebirth ancient Egypt's obsession winged scarab takes flight great significance scarab held in diseased hand talisman of hope 'T' Words - Poetry Contest Chosen Word: Talisman. Sponsored by: Constance La France 13/04/2023
Pixabay Image: PatternPerfectArt
Form: Senryu

A Bitter Pill Swallowed

You made me into 
a pregnant pause,


the scratch 
on the banister,
beside a dim photo
eaten by time and wear,
I felt diminished


but as the scarab turned
the dung
so did life revolve
to remember
the existence
of the scratch


I am now a canyon,
never step too near the edge,


for the groove is now 
fathoms deep,
and I will swallow you up
as if you never were …


Anubis

scarab
glinting indigo and peacock
symbol of resurrection
desert phoenix

you are a jackal
waiting, traitorous,
by my grave
to lunge and devour me,
licking my blood from your snout

you cannot consume my heart,
organ of my soul
for it has been weighed and measured
and I am gone to Osiris

but – see there
peeking out,
brilliant with the sun,
a tiny hint of emerald
glimmers in my smile

A Scandalous Vandal

An artifact juts from the dirt
with glib glyphs and weird words
A man holding a snake
and the outline of a lake
Seem to warn present day man
with scrawl from a caveman
Is it cryptic scribble-scrabble? 
Is it ancient psycho-babble?
One finger points to the sky
Does it mean the time is nigh?
A broken ankh and a scarab
And an angry looking cherub
Seem to say, "Don't forget,
You came from the One who begets.."
Or maybe it's just a prehistoric cartoon
Drawn by some crazy loon
Form: Rhyme

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