Short Startled Poems
Short Startled Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Startled by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Startled by length and keyword.
Crow
big old crow
flies from rooftop
startled...
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Categories:
startled, nature,
Form:
Haiku
Was I Dreaming
startled out of sleep
train or trumpet...
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Categories:
startled, allegory, confusion, judgement,
Form:
Monoku
(4/7/4)reverberating
Horrible snore
Startled me to the hard floor….
Couch to explore...
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Categories:
startled, angst, life
Form:
Senryu
Shaving Lakeside
flat morning water
startled by harsh reflection
his youth disappeared...
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Categories:
startled, age, image,
Form:
Senryu
Haiku 15
a gray cat sits
beside the fish pond...
startled frog croaks
10/18/12...
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Categories:
startled, nature,
Form:
Haiku
Roast Goose
Startled geese hiding,
Huddling in the dense brush
Roasted goose dinner......
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Categories:
startled, funny
Form:
Haiku
Startled From Dream
Awake at three.
Startled from dream state
Why is heart beating so fast?...
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Categories:
startled, dream,
Form:
Questionku
Hide and Seek
Three cats on icy ground
play hide and seek and disappear
blackbirds are startled...
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Categories:
startled, nature
Form:
Haiku
Sermon of the Sun
As golden rays preached,
Startled mist tripped over rocks:
Cedars bowed in praise....
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Categories:
startled, devotion, nature
Form:
Haiku
Starling Hearts
I felt your heartbeat
A flight of startled starlings
It was then I knew
You wanted me too....
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Categories:
startled, bird, love,
Form:
Free verse
Unpredictable
startled from her dream
dewdrop drops from the green leaf
feeds the fading grass
12 July 2021...
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Categories:
startled, fate, life,
Form:
Haiku
Haiku: Traditional 46
silently startled -
a tail worth remembering
season-less bonding
Brian Johnston
April 27, 2016...
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Categories:
startled, cat, journey, life,
Form:
Haiku
Muse Wakes
Muse wakes
Screams at me
Startled from sleep
I must cater to her
Madness.
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Categories:
startled, appreciation, art, happy, muse, music, write, writing,
Form:
Cinqku
Evening Wings
evening
sleepily awaiting the sound
of her wings
startled by a white possum
advancing across the woods...
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Categories:
startled, animal, bird,
Form:
Tanka
No-Man's-Land
A child’s scarf lies abandoned in the street.
Through splayed fingers over face,
startled innocent eyes....
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Categories:
startled, conflict, war,
Form:
Kimo
Haiku: Traditional 14
startled sparrow leaves
bush without color or song
winter's foliage flown
Brian Johnston
December 6, 2015...
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Categories:
startled, life,
Form:
Haiku
Falling Free
Eternity shook,
as the words fell free
—startled, but unafraid
(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2015)...
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Categories:
startled, freedom, words,
Form:
Free verse
Falling Free
Eternity shook,
as the words fell free
—startled, but unafraid
(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2015)...
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Categories:
startled, words,
Form:
Free verse
Sound I
SOUND I
genesis
big bang!
not a sound
in the empty house
night sounds
startled ghost...
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Categories:
startled, fantasy,
Form:
Haiku
Tuskless
a startled sun -
scattered elephants on the plane;
their families grieve
Written: February 1999
Updated: January 29, 2016...
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Categories:
startled, loss, nature,
Form:
Haiku
Hello
The late call startled me awake.
She had never dressed me in black.
For Brian's contest Won tenth...
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Categories:
startled, imaginationme,
Form:
I do not know?
Just Sayin'
If we open our ears and our minds
truly listen to each other
We might be startled to find
that we're all sisters and brothers...
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Categories:
startled, brother, sister, society,
Form:
Rhyme
Whitetail Deer
Walking along a woodland trail
Startled by the leap of a whitetail
Deer, now gone in a flash
Grace in the blink of an eyelash...
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Categories:
startled, animal, appreciation,
Form:
Couplet
Tanka Iv
large bull elk bellows
quail scurry, doves flee and
beavers stop chewing
I, too, am startled--but see
nature is still in balance...
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Categories:
startled, nature,
Form:
Tanka
Awakening, From Light Cards Series
Awaken the children
slowly...
carefully...
or they may appear
startled! Feeling
little more than shadows
frantic with light.......
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Categories:
startled, care, children, emotions, grandchild, growing up, light,
Form:
Free verse