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Whittling Poems - Poems about Whittling

Whittling Poems - Examples of all types of poems about whittling 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 whittling.
Prayers from the Living
...It whips legs, spins minds in a tumbler. roars with the discarded clothes of mad clowns. Bundles of fine bones and twirling feathers burst apart in a random turmoil, deer swim toward a gasping......Read the rest...
Categories: whittling, poetry,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member In Memory of Pocket Knives
... On those long days when it was too hot to ride or run, a boy would find an island of cool beneath a tree and sit there with his pocket knife to whittle away time and a piece of wood. A goo......Read the rest...
Categories: whittling, childhood, creation, nostalgia,
Form: Free verse
Knife Work
...Whittling away another hour, thoughts recycled into knife blades, Forgive them, they but whittle you, they shape the figure that sits and carves. The shavings fall, the hour grows thin. and ......Read the rest...
Categories: whittling, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Jack's Knife House
... He whittled away A very large branch That in 6,000 days Was part of his ranch Yet not just the branch Or a tree or two He whittled a forest Full, through and through For this man and kn......Read the rest...
Categories: whittling, fun, home, imagination,
Form: Rhyme
In the days of Darkness
...In the days of darkness, stay strong. With the faces of your long, lost ones will they taunt. Feeding off your emotions, an attempt to destroy everything you are. Wearing you down in ......Read the rest...
Categories: whittling, courage, dark,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member The Weaver's Yarns
...I find small groups of words huddled Bound together and befuddled Their meanings over time now muddled Yellowed lies of passing dogs now puddled Others rant, claim they’ve been born again Lost......Read the rest...
Categories: whittling, language, word play, words,
Form: Verse
Everything Trees
...Everything Trees They’re shade From the sunshine Shield from the rain Pulp for the paper And wood for whittling They’re body’s For climbing Arms for a swing Markers of time And fr......Read the rest...
Categories: whittling, nature, tree,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Treasuring the Educator
...A former friend of mine tricked me into becoming something I am not The volunteer President of our condo association, a position I clearly cannot afford midst trifling disassociations. We ......Read the rest...
Categories: whittling, education, health, humor, integrity,
Form: Political Verse
Premium Member Kabodlute
...Kabodlute loved to toot on a three fingered bamboo flute, In his backyard, under a tree, folks would see his three fingers running free. He wanted to be famous when grown and have ......Read the rest...
Categories: whittling, 1st grade, 2nd grade,
Form: Free verse
I Relish Sparring Repartee of Clever Quips
...I relish sparring repartee of clever quips... Particularly, when voicing and/or writing bon mots doth betake chuckling clownlike me rumbled stilled skin, and e'en rouses this mummified corp......Read the rest...
Categories: whittling, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Sewn
... "Sewn" Super hero come walk fire with me all super heroes are freaks fuelled by their hidden vulnerability and their dark cherished secrets poets some consider roman......Read the rest...
Categories: whittling, muse,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Power of the Pen
...With just a few short strokes, and the ink of a magical pen. You can clear the air of pollution, or simply be young again. Memories once made, can be brought back and given life. Like grandpa wh......Read the rest...
Categories: whittling, poetry,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member That's Not How the World Works
...That's not how the World Works 67. I acknowledge your sacred mutterings And the enthusiasm on which they gnaw. But your argument seems fallacious And for me... that be the......Read the rest...
Categories: whittling, courage, culture, introspection,
Form: Rhyme
Carving a Niche
... She sat in silence, whittling wood, Creating magic with her hands, Here she couldn't be misunderstood, Carving charming pieces on stands, Fulfilling customer demands; She carved ......Read the rest...
Categories: whittling, appreciation, woman, work,
Form: Quintain (English)
Premium Member Life Is a Vapor
... Life Is A vapour By: Miracle Man 1/3/2022 As the sun brushes humanity with its warmth, all seems sublime, unnoticed, the clock is busying itself whittling away time. James 4:14 K......Read the rest...
Categories: whittling, humanity, sun, time,
Form: Couplet

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