Short Scared Stiff Poems

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


Trapped

Trapped like a mouse!
Squished like a bug!
Stuck like glue.  Eeeew!
Scared stiff like a deer caught in the head lights!
Shaking like a leaf.
Sick as a dog.
Dumb as a doorknob.
Blind as a bat.
Mad as hell!

One thing I'm not lately is,
sleeping like a baby!
Form:


Foolish Fisherman

Wading water, my foot falters
This freezing feeling is seeping, stealing
Healthy heat from foolish feet
Now sliding, slipping and trip, tipping
Swimming swift so legs lift 
Scared stiff in the water wishing
That fish found this folly fitting.





May 28th, 2023
Alliterisen Poetry Contest, sponsored by Joseph May
Form: Verse

Scared Stiff

Any noise, any sudden movement
Any voice calling me,
A step outside my door
A shadow in the street
A creaking stair
The rustling of fallen leaves
A tap on my shoulder,
Sets my heart pounding
My legs growing roots
My blood turning cold
My soul beginning to freeze...

I play possum!


~12/11/22
~Contest: A Brian Strand Premiere Choice #54

First Fear of Freedom

He cringes in fear, his legs wobble,  his young wings scared stiff;


                     below the nest yawns a dark, deathly chasm of  what if;


                                                   plunges into space,

                                            flaps, slows down the pace;


               ah, new-found  freedom of flight,  across, around the home cliff !
Form: Limerick

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