Short Scurvy Poems

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


My Favorite Fish

This fish is an oscar
his name is Scurvy
he swims so peacefully
I love to watch him 
cruisin in his tank so gracefully
Categories: scurvy, pets
Form: Free verse


Fishermen

The brine and rot of a fishing ship Is smelt a hundred yards from shore The scurvy laughs of the mates aboard A thousand yards or more.
Categories: scurvy, funny,
Form: Light Verse
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Captain Tabby Longtail

Captain Tabby Longtail stands
Like Ahab at the helm,
His Jolly Roger flying high
Above his salty realm.
He’ll keelhaul your scurvy carcass
If you give him any bull,
And he’ll make you walk the plank, mate,
If his food dish isn’t full.
Categories: scurvy, allegory, cat, pets,
Form: Burlesque

no time for dreams

people have stopped laughing
and this is no rumour, 
children is Somalia sufferes from scurvy

what a sad scene

has anyone seen 
these countless
deaths of dreams,
dead consciences
of politicians

this dying Afrika

its dead hope.
Categories: scurvy, abuse, anger, freedom,
Form: Free verse

no time for dreams

people have stopped laughing
and this is no rumour, 
children is Somalia sufferes from scurvy

what a sad scene

has anyone seen 
these countless
deaths of dreams,
dead consciences
of politicians

this dying Afrika

its dead hope.
Categories: scurvy, abuse, anger, freedom,
Form: Free verse


Delicious Delysia

*Comely n’ curvy
*Riddled wit’ scurvy
Good lord my oh me
She surly do be:

bawdy and bold
prancing and preening
shameful and shameless
spicy and spiteful
willful and witty
jaded and jammin’
funky and funny

Bitter with sweet
Sweet with sour
Knock me to my knees
Have mercy on me

the woman got know
the woman got show
the woman got soul…

For Delysia Hendricks
Categories: scurvy, friend, funny,
Form: Light Verse
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Bananas

Bananas

Here come the sailors of the Seventh Fleet
With their bananas ripe, ready to eat
The ladies, they like them firm
Musty one’s make them squirm
Why can’t liberty always be so sweet!

Limes

They’re green and round not yellow and curvy
Bruised or mushed never—topsy turvy!
Peeled back skin often slimy
Best citrus fresh and limey
Sailor lime-juicer’s sucked to cure scurvy
© I Am Anaya  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: scurvy, fruit, funny,
Form: Limerick
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Jealousy Creates a Mess

Turquoise chalice was terrified that she was not as curvy
As the fade- out banana who had a touch of scurvy
Clothes pin cousin laughed at the chalice's distress
Lightbulb filament rolled his eyes at this jealous mess
Screwdriver did not have anything much to say
Lockset said “I’ll come back another day”.
Cork found himself surrounded by disturbed items now.
He waddled off, looking for a piggy bank or a snowplow.
Categories: scurvy, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 5th
Form: Rhyme

Slouch

almost died of scurvy
had psoriasis ever since
safeguarding my mind
step mother made the worst meals
i blamed her but now my taste buds 
have changed and i realise
worked my mind
she really could cook
found my soul
devil's massage
got sick and began eating veggies
another sleight of hand 
of the spine to live with
and took vitamins
lost to myself
and an exercise routine to see if i could beat it
lazy bones
Categories: scurvy, family, food
Form: Free verse
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Pine Needle Tea

When Europeans first began to migrate to this country
many of them began to die from an illness known as scurvy
because they could not find a nutritional source of vitamin C,
when in reality such a resource was abundantly plenty.
By simply taking the needles from any pine tree
and boiling it in water, they could have brewed pine needle tea.
which is a great nutritional source of vitamin C
and in my opinion also is very tasty.
Categories: scurvy, health,
Form: Rhyme
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Oh Citrus, My Mistress

Oh citrus, my mistress
Exquisite, delicious
Appealing, revealing
No zestier feeling
Acidic confections
Ascerbic dilections
So tangy, so tasty
The tart in a pastry
A scurvy elixir
A fine tonic mixer
Nutritious, sumptuous
Mouth-watering, scrumptious
Exquisite, delicious
Oh citrus, my mistress

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I don't think it is a McWhirtle, probably iambic trimeter? Dunno.
H/T to Robert Gorelick for "My Darling Lime"
© Jeff Kyser  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: scurvy, appreciation,
Form: Rhyme

Goiter

Little of no Vitamin C
And Scurvy is what you shall see;
The iodine-poor diet: Goiter
And it’d continue to loiter:
A lot of pulsing and bouncing
Like a ball for a team’s trouncing;
On one’s sad neck hanging around,
Auto-immune disorders hound!

Then, somehow, can one it avoid
And have not The Bogus Thyroid: 
Lots of what richly give Iodine 
Safe diet, no Cimetidine...

Goiter not good for camera,
Snapshots skipping it chimera.
Categories: scurvy, cry, fear, food, health,
Form: Rhyme

Th' Briny Whore

I'm a briny whore
wit' reekin' drawers
me honor ter make yer acquenchance
th' skipper's maid
me port's decayed
one doubloon, yer seafarin' urchin?

Yer scurvy rat
a-crawl wit' gnat
orf seadog scourged wit' rabid 
yer cannon's immense
'tis cocked 'n tense
yer cutlass be yearnin' me scabbard

Yer stench o' sewer
me bits'll chew yer
bumps 'n boils 'n rottin' flesh
yer britches singe
yer helm unhinge
ter boot yer hornpipe thump 'n thresh

2013-11-20
Categories: scurvy, funny,
Form: Rhyme

The Hypochondriac

I"m getting rather faint again
I don"t feel well at all.
My back has gone,my legs both ache
must sit in case i fall

Scurvy,swine flu,measles mumps.
I must have had the lot
I even broke out in a sweat
whilst i was in my cot

The doctor calls,he doesnt care,
Just looks at me and smiles.
I grimace back in pain,not joy.
I"ve just sat on my piles

The end is nigh,and thats a fact.
Of this i can be sure.
My epitaph will surely read..
They couldn"t find the cure
Categories: scurvy, funny
Form: I do not know?
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