Short Sneaking Poems

silent but deadly
a python in high grasses
sneaking up quickly...

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a kid doesn’t know freedom - toppling a lid, sneaking a cookie delights...

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bushy gray squirrel
sneaking cautiously across
neatly landscaped lawns...

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Dodged,
slippery,
following along
justice
sneaking in
from justice......

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Halfway down the steps,
The thrill of sneaking around
Disappears. Busted....

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Sly quiet slim fur
Sneaking through the trees
The only one that likes water...

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Muddy, dirty, badly, smelly
Gym locker socks, muddy dirty sty
sneaking, cheating badly smelly lie...

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Morning sun light sneaking

a peek through the

lazy clouds bringing

in a new day.

Written 4-18-11...

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Winged messengers of the brain
Ever in motion, never at rest
The sneaking invaders of the quiet...

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rattling,
soft and muffled,
rustling, warns of trouble
stealthily sneaking up on you.
Watch Out!...

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Sprinkled among my memories
A little girl, humble and shy.
Sneaking her head up for a peek
Barely heard as I travel by....

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Thunder growls in the distance herald storms;
Dark clouds sneaking across sky
They’re up to no good....

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Cat
Methodical, curious
Waiting, leaping, pouncing
Prey, Heart, Heart, Fear
Hiding, fearing, sneaking
Silent, scared
Mouse...

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Mantis
Verdant, skinny,
Praying, sneaking, planning
Insect, wife, insect, husband
Surviving, hoping, dying,
Fearful, easy,
Prey...

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Mantis
Verdant, skinny,
Praying, sneaking, planning
Insect, wife, insect, husband
Surviving, hoping, dying,
Fearful, easy,
Prey...

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Night
Dark, Dreary
Sleeping, Sneaking, Shushing
Crime, Adults, Hopscotch, Children
Schooling, Swimming, Singing
Bright, Awake
 Day...

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Ant
Creepy, tingly
Sneaking, pinching, biting
Woods, garden, floral shop, corsage
Delighting, thrilling, exuding
Dainty welcomed
Flower...

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Crinkle, crackle, pop open
Sneaking to treat a puppy
hiding under the table
coward shaking, stiff legs-grab and squeeze
Done till next month...

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Night
Dark, clear
Creeping, thundering, scaring
The people should be scared to roam at this time
Never ending, deadly, sneaking
Quiet, maniacal...

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surveying the greens 
sneaking and striking it's prey
a snake in the grass

4/7/23
A New Nature Themed Haiku Poetry Contest
Sponsor-Tania Kitchin...

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Will a Snow Yeti,
eat many Good and Plenty.
While sneaking up on You.
Well, that may be true.
But you'll  hear them coming.
They play the Didgeridoo....

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Morning

softly, sneaking

brightening, lightening, awakening

coming, swiftly, here, now

working, discovering, embracing

bright, sunny

Day...

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Dodge,
              slippery,
              carries on
               justice always
               sneaking around
               in practicing justice......

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I am sneaking
Down a side street
I see trashcans
In a backyard
I walk over
To look in them
Refuse waiting
To be picked up
I am happy
To collect it
Because I am
Just a pack rat...

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Cautiously, creeping, close to the ground

Aloof,  mysteriously independent. Assertive about what food he’ll consume,

Trickster, sneaking around, following his own agenda....

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