Short Terrapin Poems
Short Terrapin Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Terrapin by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Terrapin by length and keyword.
An American Delight
A chicken and green corn soup
White terrapin stew
Canvas duck and red cabbage
Huckleberry cake
And Washington pie
Strawberry
Fizz!
Curtesey of Mrs Beeton...
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Categories:
terrapin, food,
Form:
Epulaeryu
Lucy
Lucy, my rescued red ear slider terrapin,
just having a swim in her aquarium,
right above a life size human skeleton,
lying on the bottom,
which she occasionally will chew on.
Why don't I get many visitors?,..
.. I can't begin to imagine....
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Categories:
terrapin, animal,
Form:
Rhyme
Terrapin Soup
Boil water nice and hot;
Cut up vegetables in the pot.
Sprinkle herbs and seasoning in
Now toss in the terrapin.
Turtle soup, fresh from the sea;
Sailors’ cuisine for a century.
One more trick to make you well;
Ground up and drink the tortoise shell....
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Categories:
terrapin, food
Form:
Couplet
Lucky
A new guest in my home was recently welcomed.
He's not a person, he's a terrapin.
Lucky is the name I have given him
because he was lucky I was around when I rescued him.
By the trash in a small fish bowl is where I found him.
His owners must have gotten bored with him.
This is one reason why I find people so discouraging.
Why couldn't they have simply released him?
I don't plan on keeping Lucky indefinitely.
When he's grown large enough to fend for himself, I'll set him free....
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Categories:
terrapin, animals,
Form:
Rhyme