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Skittish Poems - Poems about Skittish

Skittish Poems - Examples of all types of poems about skittish to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets of PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples for skittish.
Premium Member Why I stopped going to Denny's
...It's because of the bacon. Yeah, it looks good on the menu, sitting there at the rim of the plate. Glistening. Archetypally ridged and ruffled. Positioned perfectly next to the eggs over easy, the......Read the rest...
Categories: skittish, funny, humor, humorous,
Form: Free verse



Approach Me Slow Or I Will Go
...I am like a fragile deer Approach carefully and beware Not to startle me or I Will run off, I'm very shy If your slow and really quiet With your love I just might try it But be speedy and go fa......Read the rest...
Categories: skittish, emotions, heart, love, scary,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Sigh
... It started with dry leaves pirouetting around the yard on the back of a skittish breeze, the magnolia rubbing against the fence as if scratching an itch, a few raindrops teasing a thirs......Read the rest...
Categories: skittish, rain, storm, summer,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member red leaves
...a tiny tree radiant red leaves a skittish squirrel clings to a brittle branch ......Read the rest...
Categories: skittish, autumn, nature,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Picture of a Windy Morning
... How the wind plays across the water in changing patterns, its skittish mood drawn in ripples and rivulets of sparkle under a morning sun. The small boats fidgety at their moorings as......Read the rest...
Categories: skittish, morning, sun, trust, water,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member 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 bro......Read the rest...
Categories: skittish, fantasy,
Form: Rhyme
Doomed: From the Journal of a Mad Man
...Can I tell you a secret? Every generation thinks their time is the last greatest struggle and that their struggle will be the end of everything. Every generation has its precipice and must choos......Read the rest...
Categories: skittish, anxiety, art, philosophy, symbolism,
Form: Free verse
When the Centrifuge Winds Down
...The butterflies flew off some weeks ago. Pools of blood from my pierced heart have dried up. My feelings leak insignificant flow - I no longer drink from passion's sweet cup. Still, you must re......Read the rest...
Categories: skittish, anxiety, desire, longing, love,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member 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......Read the rest...
Categories: skittish, animal, dog, humor,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Shaggy Dog Limericks: the All-Time Best -- Vote For Your Favorite
...The Spaniel A Spaniel that uses its head Can tell when its owner’s unfed So instead of a duck That is down on its luck Will deliver a pizza instead The Afghan Hound The......Read the rest...
Categories: skittish, animal, cat, cute, dog,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Shaggy Dog Limericks Iii
...The Doberman Pinscher A Doberman’s known to be picky With friends so to greet one is tricky To kiss is a bummer Undoubtedly dumber Is to sneak up and give one a hickey The English......Read the rest...
Categories: skittish, animal, cute, dog, funny,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Coy
...coy shy, skittish inveigling, inviting, enticing appeal, allure, impudent, impertinent repelling, revolting, repulsing cocky, cheeky bold......Read the rest...
Categories: skittish, feelings, perspective,
Form: Diamante
Splitting
...I operate in abundance of extremes, Flirtish to skittish; kind-hearted to mean I am a tolerant bigot or a emotional stoic Yet everyone around me don’t even know it The tug-o-war of conflicting ......Read the rest...
Categories: skittish, feelings, identity, sad, sorrow,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Shaded Light and Antlers
...woodland filled with shaded light and antlers. beauty’s said to be in the eye of the beholder. autumn leaves, soul of the soil, wildflowers… buck and doe scintillate in their spac......Read the rest...
Categories: skittish, angst, animal,
Form: Free verse
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 ......Read the rest...
Categories: skittish, care, dream, missing,
Form: Alliteration

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