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Terrapin Poems - Poems about Terrapin

Java Jonesing Blues
...Quitting coffee and should it kill me Want to say that it's been fun Sidled up to this specific teat Not long after my first weaning done My body trying to clue me in As I clung to my drug o......

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Categories: terrapin, dark, drink,
Form: Rhyme
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...Spellbinding place where rainbow water flows Frogspawn and tadpoles such enormous change Arcadian forest where pixie dust blows All creatures are welcome no one estranged. Twilight is m......

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Categories: terrapin, fantasy, fun,
Form: Rhyme



Miracle On Terrapin Creek
...Let me tell you a story One day, near summer’s end Martha and her husband Went canoeing with a friend Suddenly a log’s there! And what can Martha do? Then she’s in the water She tipped from ......

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Categories: terrapin, funny, summer,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member 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 ......

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Categories: terrapin, animal,
Form: Rhyme
Three Syllable Echo
... Wave after wave after wave of affection, caressing water fall misty whispers come tenderly cascading The tropic mountain air passes by the cool seaside with terrap......

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Categories: terrapin, imagery, love, nature, romantic,
Form: Romanticism



Spatial Navigation of the Universe
...The universe relentlessly expands in vicious circles, of which I move around in Infinite regression is the mark I toe, that leads me to ecumenical emancipation I collect neural correlates of consci......

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Categories: terrapin, analogy, fate, imagery, parody,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Digging Up Surprises
...For years my father Dug up his buddy, tilling His garden for spring. Never using his Roto But, shoveling so slowly. Dad was afraid that His garden friend, might be hurt By roto-ti......

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Categories: terrapin, animal, best friend, cute,
Form: Tanka
Mingling Like Mmmmmmmmm
...What is the difference between a digger, a forklift truck, a spoon, and a toaster? None. Bread slices can be carried by forklifts and bread can be dug by a digger particularly if ground. The toaster ......

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Categories: terrapin, adventure, allegory, analogy,
Form: I do not know?
Professor Wilbur the Whale the Second
...Oooh now then. Oh just wow. A scarlet salivating sentinel sentiment is wafting air at that door. Blowing. Blowing is not bubbling so do not count powder puffs or smoke globules that radiate sideways.......

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Categories: terrapin, analogy, animal, appreciation, ,
Form: I do not know?
Terrapins Training Turtles
...a title is not a teat nor a terrapin tank The seventh pole in a cloud is swaying with the weights in a sky gymnasium. Gymnastics of giant clusters and catacombs catalogued by awesome aerodynamics of......

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Categories: terrapin, art, aubade, , western,
Form: I do not know?
I Wish I Weren'T a Turtle
...I WISH I WEREN’T A TURTLE by JOHN M. ARRIBAS I wish I weren’t a turtle, I’d rather be a hare I beat him every time, but no one seems to care I carry this armor plate every where I go D......

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Categories: terrapin, allegory, emotions, fantasy, children,
Form: Rhyme
Elephant Banquets
...A large pile of elephant excrement is neither resembling a tortoiseshell coat or a brown handbag but playing dodge ball on a busy motorway could be considered to be akin to a wonky attic vibrating at......

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Categories: terrapin, anniversary,
Form: I do not know?
Premium Member Rock My World
...Far away from harsh reality, Where monotony of life prevails, Let me live in the dreamiest world, Every moment to jump with joy, Folding and unfolding in middle air ! Sitting on the back of giant te......

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Categories: terrapin, beauty, fantasy, imagination,
Form: Free verse
Irk of the Island
...When i share my hopes and ambitions,she gives me a derisory laugh. Her dereliction,as my better half,of supporting my strides,worry's me. Not fulfilling her desiderata of comfort,sinks my ego below ......

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Categories: terrapin, feelings,
Form: Romanticism
Premium Member Lucky
...Lucky is a red ear slider terrapin who currently lives with me. For all intents and purposes, let's refer to Lucky as a she. I named her Lucky because it was lucky that I just so happened to be at th......

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Categories: terrapin, animal, life, red,
Form: Rhyme

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