Short Skittish Poems
Short Skittish Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Skittish by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Skittish by length and keyword.
Lizard {haiku}
suddenly appears
scampers quickly over rock
skittish little guy...
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Categories:
skittish, nature
Form:
Haiku
Seasons In Hell
Seasons in hell
Couldn’t be much
Different or as skittish
Than this NE spring...
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Categories:
skittish, allusion, america, analogy,
Form:
Free verse
Sandhill Cranes
freeze you bitter sky
skittish three trumpeting call-
dark legs trail behind
11/21/2018...
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Categories:
skittish, bird, flying, food,
Form:
Haiku
red leaves
a tiny tree
radiant red leaves
a skittish squirrel clings to a brittle branch
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Categories:
skittish, autumn, nature,
Form:
Free verse
2017 576
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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Categories:
skittish, sea,
Form:
Free verse
In a Flash
in a flash
zipping and darting
skittish dragonfly
AP: Honorable Mention 2021
Posted on September 8, 2019...
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Categories:
skittish, insect, nature, summer, time, uplifting,
Form:
Haiku
Let Time Work Her Magic
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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Categories:
skittish, friend, friendship, history, hope,
Form:
Rhyme
Coy
coy
shy, skittish
inveigling, inviting, enticing
appeal, allure, impudent, impertinent
repelling, revolting, repulsing
cocky, cheeky
bold...
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Categories:
skittish, feelings, perspective,
Form:
Diamante
Misty Silent Morn
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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Categories:
skittish, nature,
Form:
Haiku
Pollywogs
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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Categories:
skittish, animal, death, fish, happiness, nursery rhyme, sad,
Form:
Lyric
The Irish Setter
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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Categories:
skittish, animal, dog, humor,
Form:
Limerick
February
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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Categories:
skittish, candy, children, red, wind, winter,
Form:
Acrostic
A Poem Born
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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Categories:
skittish, heart, poetry, self, writing,
Form:
Monoku
Evening Delight
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
originally posted on June 14, 2020...
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Categories:
skittish, appreciation, beautiful, insect, nature, night, surreal,
Form:
Haiku
Web of Desire
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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Categories:
skittish, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, emotions,
Form:
Haiku
A Sullen Silken Star
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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Categories:
skittish, care, dream, missing,
Form:
Alliteration
Unwise Advances
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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Categories:
skittish, 11th grade, boy, girl, identity, irony, pride,
Form:
Senryu
Mackerel Dogs Mackerel Cats
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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Categories:
skittish, fish,
Form:
Light Verse
Tethered To Night
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.
(Andaree)
Sept. 25, 2018...
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Categories:
skittish, 10th grade, change, earth, feelings, hyperbole, imagery,
Form:
Verse
Teethy Mcblade
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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Categories:
skittish, animal,
Form:
Monorhyme
Blood Calls In Autumn
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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Categories:
skittish, adventure, allegory, death, inspirational, life, mystery
Form:
Tanka
Synonymous With Gray
Rain has become synonymous with gray
signifying a storm is on its way.
A skittish sun silently shrinks away
allowing shadows to overcome day
and clouds to release droplets straightaway.
(Rhyme)
April 21, 2019
Rithimus Divisa Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Gregory R Barden
* This is a "Rithimus Divisa", taken from the poem "Whirling Winds Wail", written on Dec. 29, 2018*...
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Categories:
skittish, 10th grade, image, imagery, imagination, nature, rain,
Form:
Rhyme
Ode Ear Those Ears
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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Categories:
skittish, appreciation, feelings, humorous, perspective,
Form:
Quatrain
Distorted Deer Trusts Heather
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....
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Categories:
skittish, fantasy,
Form:
Rhyme
Lightning
i sit upon a majestic horse
a skittish cowgirl
i am for a day
dog keeps watch
drives me into bear country
i hold tight the reins
until my knuckles are white
then red then I laugh
at how silly i feel
for high atop Lightning
i release myself
to almighty God
loosen the reins
He has my back
and my saddle’s lighter
and Lightning snickers
at the cowgirl wannabee
but relaxes just the same
7/2/2018...
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Categories:
skittish, horse,
Form:
Cowboy Poetry