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Sloth Poems - Poems about Sloth

Premium Member At Least One Giant Ground Sloth Is Alive Again
I found it curled in the shadow of what used to be a hospital. A slow hunch of fur, the color of old bark—like the forest had tried to grow itself a question. It didn’t look surprised to see me. Just blinked, as if measuring whether I was worth the glance. I sat cross-legged beside it, tore foil from a protein bar— offered the whole...

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Categories: sloth, allusion, environment, extended metaphor,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member I am Sloth Like
I have neither the time, wherewithal or energy to find myself again Lost in the bowels of my hovel, I am too exhausted to begin the hunt Piles of clothing, empty boxes, bags of junk, have immobilized me If I was younger, if I had more energy, if I had more time. Excuses keep me immobile, immovable, in a...

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Categories: sloth, me,
Form: Free verse



Sloth
It pulls from the back of my eyes, heavy lulling my brain not to think, numbing laying down my head circuits shut down depressed Best way to describe it, I think The way it pulls me to sleep Losing time and mind, The longer I lay worse by day Truly, a demonic curse The self destroying sin, Sloth...

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Categories: sloth, depression, sin,
Form: Free verse
Holiday Hijinks
Grandpa snored loud by the fire, Dreaming of treats he’d admire. He woke with a yawn, Found the cookies all gone— Seems the dog’s now our chief cookie buyer! ...

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Categories: sloth, 11th grade, anxiety, april,
Form: Limerick
Dear Lord
Heavenly Father, hear my plea, Remove my sloth and set me free. Inspire my soul to reach its height, And fill my days with radiant light. Bring peace to soothe my troubled mind, Joy for the sorrow that I find. Instill in me a hopeful ray, To guide...

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Categories: sloth, faith, god, prayer,
Form: Rhyme



Embrace of the Canopy
Poem on Sloth and Nature Throws itself around on its tail, Trees wrapped between its globe, Shallow pools reflect in repeat It’s all it sees now, Dried up meadows, During the summer rays, The trees cool off, Humid air rises on, Delicate branches, Made just for itself, To wrap around, And hang upside down, Its world is all that it sees, The trees between each...

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Categories: sloth, animal, nature, poems,
Form: Free verse
Sloth Crossing
On a long highway An adult sloth crossing Both lane cars in halt....

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Categories: sloth, animal, caregiving, engagement, life,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Life and truth
Gone is the long day, filled with how and why ...

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Categories: sloth, destiny,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Song of The Pygmy Three-Toed Sloth No 9: ABBA
It's back to the wilds, for the unexplored Panama's island, Pygmy Three-Toed Sloths. Tree huggers, twenty hours daily, course, lots of trees. Four of a kind, their fifth, record as the smallest. Clocked slow, a leaf lasts one month in its tummies till its slow slop drops. They're six pounds and twenty inches, a pop. Furs algae-fied hide them. Swim can be...

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Categories: sloth, allusion, analogy, animal, appreciation,
Form: Crown of Sonnets
Premium Member Patterned Sloth
he is lounging in the tree, snoring away yes, it is patterned sloth, enjoying his day how did he get painted? a child asks me. An artist and paints went up in the tree. Does he ever come down? the child asked. Not really because that would be a task. The sloth spends his day, enjoying his life. He is too lazy...

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Categories: sloth, animal,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Sloth Like In My Entishness Today
I’m going to be very sloth like in my entishness today. No more whizzing ‘rund like a fly that’s lost it’s way! You want some coffee and coffee is what ye’ll get! But my eyes have only just opened and my limbs haven’t got there yet. You sometimes confuse the hell out of me but then again, you’re...

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Categories: sloth, care, for her, funny
Form: Free verse
Lesson From the Sloth
They're unhurried But moss also grows on them So don't be a sloth...

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Categories: sloth, animal,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Sloth's Relaxing Day
I am lazing about at the base of this tree Not caring what anyone says to or about me. It’s a summers’ day and my coat is warm. I watch bees buzz past in a tight knit swarm. Others are running, dancing and spinning. I am enjoying my life, truly languishing and winning. I am a sloth, with a life full...

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Categories: sloth, animal,
Form: Rhyme
Reality
“Reality” I am a Jaguar. Brownish-yellow fur, patches of black markings resembling of a rose. I search for food Stalking my prey behind trees, 5 But there are none. I walked a million miles, All for nothing. Struggling to hunt Bearing the brunt. 10 I am a sloth, A sleepy sloth that is. We are as cool as cucumbers And as mellow as...

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Categories: sloth, 11th grade, animal, education,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Sin of Sloth
when we fall prey to complacency and comfortably wallow in abject sloth, we suffocate motivation in its nascency. eschew apathy and inactivity; rise above both! Sin Of Sloth Poetry Contest Sponsored by: Margarita Lillico Date...

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Categories: sloth, perspective, wisdom,
Form: Rhyme

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