Short Skittish Poems
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They ARE Skittish!
Just Like Real SQUIRRELS!
It's A Survival
Instinct...
It Stinks!
See?
-Gray Squirrel
02-28-2026
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
coy
shy, skittish
inveigling, inviting, enticing
appeal, allure, impudent, impertinent
repelling, revolting, repulsing
cocky, cheeky
bold
misty silent morn
sunbeams scattering through boughs
skittish deer watches
Entry for
ONE HAIKU Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Line Gauthier
19/4/2021
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.
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
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.
evening delight
whimsical hide and seek
~ skittish fireflies
AP: Honorable Mention 2025
Submitted on Jun 14, 2020 for contest BRIAN'S SELECT G sponsored by BRIAN STRAND - Honorable Mention
doodling with a skittish quill dipped in the turmoil of my heart
AP: 2nd place 2025, 3rd place 2021
Submitted on October 3, 2020 for contest HOW MY FIRST POEM WAS BORN sponsored by JCB BURL - RANKED 1ST
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
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.
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.
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.
10.
Flying Fish
Hail! You marine creatures skedaddle skittish
Haven't perceived anything worth so named languish
Yet, how this realm of vast dominion
Entities stay underwater's nation
Mere lapses aqua occupation – flying fish!
-01/03/2007
(Dumarao)
*Topsy-Turvy Limerick Ironic
The words are troubling
A bit skittish
Becoming leery of each other
Wondering
“if those two get together”
“oh the implications”
“do they know what they’re saying”
The words seek
The gray areas of
Duplicitous doubt’s
Tactful treachery
The truth
Their scarred hostage
Reading a confession
It did not write
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.
Snowflakes
playful
tumble fall
they glisten
as they dance
lightly fluffy
skittish yet carefree
in the moonglow
out my window
Published in my 24-page photo/anthology ~SNOW WHITE~ 2020
AP: Honorable Mention 2020
Submitted on January 26, 2020 for contest STRAND CHOICE 7 sponsored by BRIAN STRAND - HONORABLE MENTION
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.
Thick in the freshness are you
And deep in the freeness.
Park's skittish herds; herd late for
Neighbourhood pen's distress.
Ought to be called denizens
Of worlds of sensation!
Of a dancer's is thrown out
Each limbed agitation.
Impulse of a sky beyond
This, a child's day arching .
Lived up to in modes of bliss.
In states of life-trusting.
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
The Russian sheep are sleazier,
the Greenland sheep are fatter:
Trump therefore finds it easier
to carry off the latter.
Do nations have existence,
or do they count for nada?
The yardstick – size, or distance,
or the biggest enchilada?
The standard – be the victim spent,
complaisant, even skittish,
suggests that, by your argument,
America’s still British!
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.
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
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!
Where is this creature, this distorted deer?
Heather knew, but she pretended to not be clear.
The deer was shy, and wanted to keep away from others.
He would be skittish around her belligerent brothers.
Not sure she lied, hoping they would go away.
They finally did, and she was glad none did stay.
For the deer trusted almost no humans, they were not pure.
Heather felt honored and beloved, that he trusted her.