Short Skittish Poems

suddenly appears
scampers quickly over rock
skittish little guy...

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Seasons in hell
Couldn’t be much
Different or as skittish
Than this NE spring...

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freeze you bitter sky
skittish three trumpeting call-
dark legs trail behind

11/21/2018...

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a tiny tree
radiant red leaves
a skittish squirrel clings to a brittle branch
...

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Saturday better be
Warmer than today
So I can swim
Around all day
And watch the fish
Get skittish n swim away...

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in a flash
zipping and darting
skittish dragonfly




AP: Honorable Mention 2021

Posted on September 8, 2019...

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For years we fought the British
 Now we're the best of friends

Today, with Russia we are skittish
 An enmity, too, 'twill eventually end...

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coy
shy, skittish
inveigling, inviting, enticing
appeal, allure, impudent, impertinent
repelling, revolting, repulsing
cocky, cheeky
bold...

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misty silent morn

sunbeams scattering through boughs

skittish deer watches





Entry for
ONE HAIKU Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Line Gauthier
19/4/2021...

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Ten tiny pollywogs
Happy as can be
Along came an alligator
Ate up three.

Seven skittish pollywogs
Beneath a lily pad
Up swam a rainbow trout
They all died sad....

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He’s Irish not Scottish or British 
You forget, he’ll get ornery and skittish
He’ll point to his pelt 
Start swearing in Celt
With a splash of some Gaelic and Yiddish...

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evening delight
whimsical hide and seek
~ skittish fireflies



submitted on Jun 14, 2020 for contest BRIAN'S SELECT G sponsored by BRIAN STRAND  -  HONORABLE MENTION
...

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Fresh winter wind shines
Early day's icy lace
Brisk peppermint breath
Refined milky light
Ubiquitous candy hearts 
Allows a splash of
Red and pink to brighten
Yearlings' skittish steps to spring....

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doodling with a skittish quill dipped in the turmoil of my heart



AP: 3rd place 2021

Submitted on October 3, 2020 for contest HOW MY FIRST POEM WAS BORN sponsored by JCB BURL  -  RANKED 1ST...

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a shy skittish smile
            highlights her angelic face,
can angels fall in love?

      goddess of my dreams
            caught in my web of desire
are you a wish, or a hope?


(Double Katuata)


7/13/2021...

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Stiffly staring
from a faded
frightened far
is a sullen
silken star.
Scornfully
scattered behind
it’s skittish
skin of scolded
scowling scars.
Youthfully
yearning
for a life
contentedly
cleansed in
candlelight....

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Distrusted compliments
- screech like fingernails across
a schoolroom chalkboard.

No marked card - dealt from 
the bottom of the deck - will
ever unlock my heart.

Avoid the overt
- sly Valmont, the skittish game
is wise to advances....

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Is it shism with a soft “k”
or skism with a hard “k”?
The “ch” sound in English
can go either way, as in
church and chin, scold and school.
Personally, I’ve never had
a problem with it, because
I schink schome people are schimply
too skittish, and therefore
schplit over right usechage.
...

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mackerel pudding
	mackerel cake
		mackerel pie for goodness sakes!

mackerel blinds
	mackerel drapes
		mackerel ice cream on chocolate cakes.

mackerel poems
	mackerel words.
		mackerel now sounds rather absurd.


mackerel dogs
	mackerel cats.
		mackerel quilts made by a skittish old bird....

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The moon slowly ascends like a regal Queen
while skittish shadows all flee the scene
and scarlet skies bleed last light
as nippy winds bite
tethered to
night
drops of dew
soon start to alight
thirsty mosquitoes take flight
and where beauty and silence careen
the moon slowly ascends like a regal Queen....

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Brutish bison stepped on my left foot today
Making me less merry, forcing me to delay
It weighed a ton, so what could I do?
I yelled “Get off of my tennis shoe!”

Skittish bison got startled and galloped away
My toe is broken, bleeding, its nail is turning gray.
So, I cannot come over for my play date today.
Maybe you should invite my cousin Jay....

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She is as fleeting as the koi
twice as skittish
delicate and pretty
life has burned her

a naturalist, who loves Thoreau
a poet, who enjoys Coleridge
She dreams in color
a woman who has been hurt

To approach her, you must be subtle
honesty is the quality she must see at all costs
if you try to approach any other way
she will shut you out like the others...

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The most photogenic of this decade
We found this actress in the everglade.
She was lying in the swampiest shade.
Her fascinating color made the grade.
Best of all, she did not have to be paid.
We filmed her as she was during her wade.
Our skittish camera man the whole time prayed.
That our sunlight would not completely fade.
We named this alligator Teethy McBlade....

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the bloom of death glows
crimson colorings mimic…
rise on angel wings
exhilaration’s free flow
new beginnings lofting high

brilliant dancers
tweak the nose of fickle fate…
candied lawn of morn
nonpareil the brown earth
apple crisp the skittish wind

rainbow of phoenix 
rebirth the celestial… 
crumbled sweetness melt heart’s fire
fear not beyond the beyond
hear Gabriel’s horn...

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Ode ear those ears, for you I fear
Bombastic melodies endured
Lawn mowers, chain saws and fireworks
Damage through the years most assured!

No ear protection considered
Tell me, has anyone heard of that?
Sudden sounds from who knows where,
Will leave a soul, skittish as a cat!

Almost trampled by some cattle
Because the herd was left unheard
Wouldn't that cause a gooey mess
A way to check out, too absurd!...

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