Short Shotgun Poems

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


The Passing of Nick Adams

Elegant
short
choppy 
dialogue

War
women
bullfights
and wine

Early morning
backyard
shotgun
a perfect ending


Premium Member Surprise love

.

once
the
sneak
peak

twice
the
sneak
peak

thrice
the
shotgun wedding




*the bard doth know
     peek vs "peak"

Shotgun

Daddy got the shotgun
Daddy got the shotgun
Made it make the noise
chick chunk
Daddy pulled the trigger
Daddy pulled the trigger
goodbye....
Form:

Shot Guns and Brids

they hear the pop
and they wop
they hear bang
those brids hum and sing
run with there gang
to the sun
in the hearld
SHOTGUN AND BRILDS

Premium Member A Pleasant Memory

I learnt to ride
many years ago,
upon a mare
who was rather slow!
Dear old Fruitgum
became a great chum,
each Saturday hack,
riding shotgun at the back!
Form: Quatrain


Farmer Brown's Daughter

When Farmer Brown’s daughter grew busty,
The men pulling turnips grew lusty.
Brown then had to choose
Which shotgun to use
If one of those hands proved untrusty.
© David Bose  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Limerick

Haiku Attempt 1 the Mass Murder

A Shotgun Gleaming
Spent Shells make noise in the forceful wind
Bodies lay lifeless

Note: Still learning how to create haikus feedback and help much appreciated!
Form: Haiku

Sleep OCD

Odd thoughts ramble in place of sleep,
I need a shotgun, not counting sheep,
to make night-time dread
snore with the dead,
if slumber will ever be mine to keep.
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Shotgun Wedding

Miss Wild
With child

Not wed
To Ted

Dad mad
You cad!

Loads gun
Says, son

Wed her
You cur

If not
Buckshot

Robert L. Hinshaw, CMSgt, USAF, Retired
Form: Footle

Amazing Birds Flight

It's amazing to sight the birds fly
from the sky to the trees,
From the trees to the sky...!
But it's sad to sight
  the fierce shots
of the shotgun that hunts them... !

Premium Member Saturday Memory

A pleasant memory
I learnt to ride
many years ago,
upon a mare
who was rather slow!
Dear old Fruitgum
became a great chum,
each Saturday hack,
riding shotgun at the back!
Form: Bio

Premium Member Acceptance of Uncertainty

Whatever happens, happens
I leave it all up to God
I'm riding this life shotgun
Fate is at the wheel



Date written and posted: 03/18/2019
Form: Dodoitsu

A Shot

A Shot

A shot
A bang
Too hot
He sang
Too cold
She yelled
So bold
They shelled
A shotgun
To full
“The fun,
“Not dull
“Makes me
“Happy to be”

Written on January 14, 2020
Form: Sonnet

What Are Friends For

Arabs are wondering what fool
They can shoot on their way to school
The Yanks do not care
As they shoot their share
Ensuring the NRA rule 


* Title courtesy  Dick "Shotgun" Cheney 
Form: Limerick

Man

Eyes............predator
Shotgun
Horny
Penalty box.....fuzzy handcuffs......locks

Risky.......stop

Hunter.......Balls
Bigfoot lense
Dog........wolf
Hiding......waiting
Short skirt.......cold
Form:

Shotgun

Red raw 
Featureless flesh 
No eyes to see
No nose to smell
A hole for a mouth
Tubes to feed and breathe…

…Survivor of shotgun suicide*


For Ann's Suicide contest

*based on a tragic photograph I once saw
© Jack Horne  Create an image from this poem.

Newyear Eve Fun

its a long night
city bright lights
look up
ball in the cup
  as clock tick
 come down quick
mabe cold  be bold
 dress  
don't look a mess
   and  don't run
less hear a shotgun
ITS
NEW YEARS EVE 
FUN

Gun

Does not always smell gunpowder
Even
The license Double-barreled shotgun
Hanging with the deer
on the wall
But if the gun
Be translated into any language alive.
The smell of death

#mostafa_ghalandarzadeh

Premium Member Recharged

Ride 
shotgun,
by inches 
a bit closer. 
Been waiting for it,
this day trip to the beach.
Waves lapping at my ankles 
sooth me with their repetition.
The Sun allows me to forget stress,
recharge my batteries, and keep going.
Form: Etheree

Premium Member Cupid's Golden Arrow

Golden arrow hits its mark
releasing love pheromones
attraction is imminent
wedding or shotgun

Copyright © 2011  By Caryl S. Muzzey

Fifth Place Winner ~ "Winged Cupid” Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Dr. Ram Mehta
April 16, 2011
Form: Dodoitsu

Shotgun

Gunshots ring out
Too many bodies to count
Running and hiding 
While bullets keep firing 
Blood sprays 
Where bodies lay 
Going to the light 
Because of gun rights
But my question is this,
Is your right worth the crimes those commit?
Form: Rhyme

Journal Entry

In a nearby village, a man unfurled his manifesto of machinations.
Shotgun blasts echoed the summit until he turned,
cheeks flashing in the biting cold.
A bouquet of flower petals,
explosive roses frozen in time,
sculpture at the snap of one’s fingers.

Joy

Joy is like a bowl of fun,

Joy is not like a shotgun.

Joy is like a kitten born,

Joy is like the sun that's warm.

Joy is the sky that comes with clouds,

Joy is like a cat that meows.

Joy is a car that goes really fast,

Joy is a bird that's flying past.
Form: Epic

Premium Member Ticks On My Back

ticks on my back
saying knock knock knock
no joke 

wood ticks no doubt
deep woods varmints
burrowing in

biting me with gusto
heads buried beneath my skin
making me crazy

go get my Uzi,
my shotgun, my scalpel, my pen
I have a poem idea and it is a win.

Premium Member July 1969 - Neil Armstrong's Moon

I’m riding shotgun in her car
as we drive through the night
neath Neil Armstrong’s moon
radio plays that Animal’s song
but San Francisco's almost as 
far from this humid Oklahoma 
night as Neil Armstrong’s cold
moon yet maybe I’ll get 
past second base tonight.

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