Short Shepherds Poems

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Premium Member Terrified By German Shepherds

The German Shepherd terrifies me.
More than any animal I see.
So I stay away,
Every single day
In his giant jaws my flesh I see.
dog
Form: Limerick


Premium Member NOEL

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ midnight frost whispers, shepherds gasp—sky torn by gold~ a cry melts the dark
Form: Senryu

Happy Birthday, Covenant

spirit’s star blazes
angels slough caste to chorus
tongues of shepherds freeze
pride-twisted scripture withers
born clean is the King of Souls
Form: Tanka

Haiku God Shepherd

you just can't sit there
                                  shepherds say lambs gathering
                                        that hard rock blisters
god
Form: Haiku

Shadows Weave

Stars light
the beckoning dawn
Shepherds sleep
the wolves have gone
Shadows weave
 the morning wind
Eyes reopen 
—deep within

(Dreamsleep: May, 2022)
Form: Rhyme


Premium Member Christmas Day

On this day of joy
to us came a little boy,
wise men from the east
shepherds from their camp site feast.
Oh! And our son named Roy.

© Harry J Horsman  2011
Form: Tanka

Premium Member Time and Ghostly Shadows

Time And Ghostly Shadows

    rock fence in decay
    lost shepherds and green meadows
    old cars on freeways

    Robert J. Lindley, 4-01-2018
    Haiku
Form: Haiku

Oh What a Night

Shepherds traveled, their only  map a star.
The Angels gave a concert from above.
Wise Men came bearing gifts, to the Christ Child.
God's gift to mankind. Born in a manger, sweet gift of Love.
Form: Quatrain

Premium Member The Wind Shepherds

The Wind Shepherds

The winds,
 Like shepherds,
Tend Tule fog and dew;
 Playmates
Sliding down sunbeams,
 Teasing kites,
To leap frog
 Over mountains peeking
Into playgrounds
 Ever changing.

Premium Member Christmas, Christmas

Cheerful
Heartfelt
Radiant
Imagination
Shimmering
Tinsel
Miracles
Anticipation
Santa

-or-

Christ-child
Heavenly hosts
Reconciliation
Inviting
Shepherds
Transcending
Manger
Advent
Savior
Form: Acrostic

Sheep Shepherds (We Ain'T Much Smarter)

You fixin' to get CLIPPED (clueless beast!)
Or dismembered for a mutton feast
Make a break from your breeders
Don't follow lyin' leaders!
Or you gonna' get FLEECED (at the least!)

***For Carolyn's Contest
Form: Limerick

Boundless Pastures

Boundless pastures, velvety green,
Between the forests there;
Sheep and shepherds, gujjars and buffalos,
Present a heaven’s scene:
Scarcely seen—in fog.
Sad soul! How benevolent is life there
And how hard in real.
© Fayaz Bhat  Create an image from this poem.

Premium Member Come and See

shepherds hear angels sing gloria shining star guides wise men from afar He is here promised One God with us 12/6/2018 Charlieku 3-3-3 Poetry Contest Sponsor: Charles Messina
© P.S. Awtry  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Haiku

Premium Member Bless the Beasts

on that holy night
at the stable    Mary    Babe
Joseph     three wise men
shepherds    having left their flocks
from miles around    ANIMALS
......................................................................
Merry Christmas all
Form: Tanka

Thoughts To Ponder

Satan's Puppet.......
 -----Lambchop

Satan's dessert......
-----death by chocolate

Satan's drink
-----a hurricane?

Satan's perfume....
----Poison

Satan's meal....
----a shepherds pie

Satan seeks to steal, kill and destroy....
Form: List

Premium Member Responding To Jesus

The wise men came to WORSHIP him.
They worshipped and GAVE to him.

The shepherds came to SEE him.
They saw him and REPORTED what they saw.

Herod attempted to KILL him.
He FAILED in his attempt.

120322PSCrest, Bite Size Poem no56. Line Gauthier
Form: Couplet

They shouldn't have done that

Starry Night
Pregnant Wife
Star born child
Alien visitors behold
Shepherds Crook
Lamb of God
Wisest of Men
Presents for Him.
Then a life of truth
Normal expectant world
Universe unfold
Then they crucified him
And they shouldn't have done that.

Premium Member Blue Sky Tender

At dawn I heard a baby calf moo,
the birth of vernal stock
and ripe spring tract,
where phorbs are sown for hungry mammals,
where pregnant skyline clouds are merely shepherds to those hoofprints on a landscape,
that patch for future issues
to run free

Premium Member Do They Know It's Christmas

Do They Know It's Christmas

Shepherds from a nearby farm,
heard star sing o'er Bethlehem,
she sang hymns as cops disarm,
three unwise rob an ATM.

2020 December 17
*3rd Place*
Christmas Chastushka - Rules Revised
~~Andrea Dietrich
Rhyme Scheme: abab

Premium Member Golden Corral

(You Can't fool everyone)


1#      fooled by the sun leading the perfect crowd, one cow left behind.

2#     twisting lines, he shepherds a flock into a dark corner

3#     endless buffet in question,  his eyes spot a broken artist

For *** Contest :) Wish me Luck
Form: Monoku

Evening Sky

The beauty in the sky at night
Is not only a shepherds delight
The amazing scene across the sky
Taking the breath of you and I
Pretty pink reds and gold
The colours change as the clouds unfold
Just like ploughed fields the patterns form
Preparing for a brand new dawn.
Form: Lyric

Premium Member Rip Ray Maloney




Epitaph. Ray Maloney

Alas, poor Ray Maloney, I knew him well.
Raised German Shepherds and then, shot them all to hell.
Played loud Polka music in his backyard.
Carrying a keger, slipped and fatally busted his own petard.


Panagiota Romios
4/21/2019

Form: Epitaph

Stained, Yet Cleansed

quite unlikely may be the day
when that one meek lamb
shall bravely defend
all the shepherds
from the wolves,
quite unlikely
that day
may 
be

so
may
the hour
be at hand
when, stained
yet cleansed by
death, even the rocks
and stones shall hail the
blood of the sacrificial lamb

Premium Member Bethlehem's Star

Bethlehem’s star luminous cross delicately hung by cherubs adorning a cold night sky The warmth of a promise yet to be fulfilled lured shepherds and wise men alike to a humble manger where a Savior drew his first breath exhaling in the bitter air of a world He sought to save

Unlikely Lamb

quite unlikely may be the day
when the one meek lamb
shall bravely defend
all the shepherds 
from the wolves,
quite unlikely
that day
may 
be.
but 
now the
hour shall
be at hand
when, stained
yet cleansed by
death, even the rocks
and stones shall hail the
blood of the sacrificial lamb!

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