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Sitting Duck Poems - Poems about Sitting Duck

The Shroud Of The Silent Depths
...By Imran Ahmed The Grave Looms Like A Storm On The Horizon Its Darkness Wraps Around Me Like A Heavy Cloak I Think Of It And My Eyes Lose Their Luster As Fear Gnaws At My Soul Like A St......

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Categories: sitting duck, anxiety,
Form: Free verse
LA is on fire and I’m a sitting duck
...My skin crawls as I watch a hand, disembodied, reach yet again into the Tollhouse bag. Bright, artificial yellow. It burns my eyes. Countless chocolate chips are shoveled down my gullet as if cr......

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Categories: sitting duck, anger, corruption, environment, hate,
Form: Free verse



Illusion
...I guess when I’m sad I get stuck I waste time thinking like a sitting duck Then I quickly and effortlessly get everything done, plus one Perfection is still a mystery of illusion I hold as min......

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Categories: sitting duck, absence, anxiety, emotions,
Form: Rhyme
At the Crux
...4/8/24 Aww shucks Still at the crux In a state of flux With reality still out of touch I've been puzzled much So I smoke a couple blunts That's a double dutch From dawn to dusk I turned my......

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Categories: sitting duck, dark, deep, life, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
My irrelevant heart
... Exhaustion sets in My walls crumble I’m bursting with sin Bound to stumble I can’t stay upright My knees, locked tight A royal mess To my peer’s delight I plead for a truce No need to ......

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Categories: sitting duck, how i feel,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Quarry
...on the prowl, a big cat; hunger pangs. oh, the thrill of the hunt! unaware... <>...

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Categories: sitting duck, animal, imagery, nature,
Form: Verse
Premium Member Spaghetti - Snack Size For Cowboy Contest
...Smoke signals rise from Sitting Duck cavern In town the Pitt gang are trashing the tavern John Wayne strolled in and he ain’t here to dance They say that he walked like he just sh*t his pants D......

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Categories: sitting duck, america, humorous, native american,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Spaghetti - a Movie Not Made
...Smoke signals rise from Sitting Duck cavern In town the Pitt gang are trashing the tavern John Wayne strolled in and he ain’t here to dance They say that he walked like he just sh*t his pants D......

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Categories: sitting duck, america, native american,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Social Media Is a Tattle Tale
...She was just sitting there, not paying attention. A sitting duck? I guessed. She glared at me. Can I please finish the story? I knew then I was in for a pouty evening. So I was quiet. As long a......

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Categories: sitting duck, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Last Acorn
...Dear soil of the Earth, please hide me. I'm the last one left! I repeat once more, the last one left! I have no legs to crawl and hide. ......

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Categories: sitting duck, analogy, angst, humor, poetry,
Form: Personification
13 Years the End
...The end It took along time to make sense of it, runaway problems sitting duck intensive, the life it sucked, I never believed all areas of my life could turn on me while no one would do what......

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Categories: sitting duck, slam,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member I Was a Sitting Duck
...I was a sitting duck when the tide came in. No idea it would go past my chin. I struggled and I flopped. I bucked and I hopped. It took me way out to sea. I went under quickly, poor little me. ......

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Categories: sitting duck, 1st grade, 2nd grade,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Phone and E Mail Scams
...I received an exciting soup mail I’m minted, with wealth off the scale But I know it’s a fraud By some bloke from abroad These fraudster’s should be put in jail Got a call from a ‘......

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Categories: sitting duck, computer, internet,
Form: Limerick
Jed Was a Sarcastic Cowboy
...His mom always yelled at him, " Get up, Jed and get to work; move your lazy butt, sitting duck and stop hanging out with Kim! " " Wait, until I finish my gin, mom! " " He sarcastically replied w......

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Categories: sitting duck, abuse, addiction, mother son,
Form: Free verse
Oneirodynia
...As I lay sleeping, I dreamed of a caravan Chased by a hydra and a ten foot bogeyman As I slumbered, I saw a desert moon descending Monster lumbered as my arms were extending In my quiescent sta......

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Categories: sitting duck, analogy, deep, dream, evil,
Form: Rhyme

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