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Short Hippo Poems

Short Hippo Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Hippo by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Hippo by length and keyword.


Premium Member Ballerina Would Be a Stretch
a ballerina
she has legs of a giraffe
grace of a hippo...

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Categories: hippo, humor,
Form: Senryu



Seashell of Hippo
Your words outshined the Anicii house's marbles ~ but not pearly truth 
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Categories: hippo, analogy, truth, wisdom, words,
Form: Monoku
Premium Member The Never Song
Never stand behind a hippo!
Never stand behind a hippo!
Never stand behind a hippo!
Projectile diarrhea!...

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Categories: hippo, animal, funny, hilarious, natural disasters, rude, silly,
Form: Lyric
Hippo Has a Clock
my hippo has a big clock,
he uses when he takes his walk,
he is never late,
for a date,
the most punctual hippo on the block...

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Categories: hippo, animal, time,
Form: Limerick
Zoo-Logical
She calls him hippo
he says he will feed her to the brown bear

no need to say more
to know they had goose-great time together...

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Categories: hippo, appreciation, friend, friendship, fun, humor, joy, rude,
Form: Light Verse



Trade a Trick
Trick a toad to tread a taut rope, A hippo to hop a hula hoop!
"Haiku#1" contest by Poet Destroyer A...

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Categories: hippo, funny,
Form: Haiku
Want a Hippo For Christmas?
Hippopotamus Only one of these will do! Want one for Christmas? Inspired by the song I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas
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Categories: hippo, funny, holiday
Form: Senryu
Here Today Gone Tomorrow
Henrietta Hippo
where on earth did you go?

the New Zoo Review
started out as new

but the years flew by fast
and nothing seems to last...

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Categories: hippo, nostalgia,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member I Will Come Back As a Hippo
Reincarnation is for me sublime.
I’ll be a hippopotamus next time.
They do not eat ants
They devour plants
African River is where I will dine....

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Categories: hippo, 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade, 6th
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Same Lovable Hero
Used to be a very big hero But now feel like a big fat zero Must be age No longer the rage But I'm still the same lovable hippo
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Categories: hippo, love,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Spirit Carousing
can't see again
cross you like a whip
just like that
quick like cheetah 
cross him
hippo comes out
cheshire around you
around again
cross again whip like...

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Categories: hippo, friend,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Hippo Care
bulging
burgeoning
bulbous grin

widening
a widened chair
to sit him in

liking 
lotions
rubbed on chin

and greying
gruelling
sunburn skin



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Categories: hippo, animal, fun, funny, humorous, nature, nonsense, word
Form: Light Verse
Henrietta’s Hilarious Hippo Hop
henrietta’s hippo had a habit
hopping happily in a tutu like a rabbit
with a twirl and a spin
she’d giggle and grin
leaving the crowd clapping madly out of habit
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Categories: hippo, animal,
Form: Alliteration
Green Horned Rhino
Green Horned Rhino

Have you seen the Green Horned Rhino? 
A creature so scarce and so rare. 
We think he’s living in Norwich, 
Dressed as a Hippo, with curly pink hair...

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© Kevin Shaw  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: hippo, animal, funny, nonsense, silly,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member That Brave Hippopotamus
hooray! hooray! for the hippopotamus
who was awarded with a posthumous
award of utmost importantness
oh we never never never must
forget that brave hippopotamus




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Categories: hippo, animal, courage, fun, funny, hero, humorous, nonsense,
Form: Light Verse
Hippo In a Tree
Hippo in a Tree

If you saw a Hippo, sitting in a tree, 
One thing is certain, as certain can be, 
Upon my word, then I’ll be bound, 
A tree and a Hippo, flattened on the ground....

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© Kevin Shaw  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: hippo, animal, funny, nonsense, silly, tree,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Mud Slinger
bone idle 'hippo' wallowing in self pity least your mud bath’s free! In the context of THIS poem personification could also be used as the form. 05~17~17
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Categories: hippo, conflict, family, for her, work,
Form: Senryu
Premium Member headstrong henry and harry hippo
Hazy headstrong Henry hesitated to hide his hilarity
Hindering his healthy hopeful humanitarian habits
Helping to enhance Harry Hippo who hastened
Heartfelt harmony hearing headstrong Henry...

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Categories: hippo, word play,
Form: Alliteration
Watery Wrangle
A hippo, named Horace, so wide,
Tried to share a pool, deep inside.
A croc, named Claude, snapped,
"This space is well trapped!"
Horace sighed, "Then I'll just go outside."

©bfa032225

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Categories: hippo, animal, fun, hilarious, humor, humorous,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Found a Baby Hippo in the Sink
We found a baby hippo in the sink today
Can we keep him Daddy? Asked Jimmy and Fay
Absolutely! Mommy said, making him the bad guy.
Why do you do these things her husband asked her. Why? Why? Why?
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Categories: hippo, animal,
Form: Rhyme
Who Am I?
The Elephant’s not elegant
The  Hippo isn’t hip
The Antelope is not an Ant
The Camel’s not a ship
The Turkey isn’t Turkish
The fly is just a fly
Orang Utan is almost man
But tell me, who am I ?...

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© John Fenn  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: hippo, animals, confusion
Form: Light Verse
Tropical Ease
Krack-ack-rack fleeing,
				 tree limb limb
					swinging

Bank bank dip slipping, tail flipping, pout snout

Soft mud ooze soothing,
				  hippo sun funning

Soft eyes	     scanning, 		  flatboat...

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Categories: hippo, animal, boat, fun, peace, river, summer, water,
Form: I do not know?
Premium Member Light On Her Feet
Dainty flapper hippo gave us a wink and a twirl.
We saw her blue tutu spinning in an amazing swirl.
She is so delicate and pretty, and light on her feet!
Yes, said a carnivore, and she looks great to eat....

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Categories: hippo, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Hippo With Starlight Sprinkles
Hippo with starlight sprinkles is such a hoot.
We love playing with him, said a fairy named Toot.
His sprinkles are not as sparkly as his personality.
He is delightful in every direction, as much as he can be....

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Categories: hippo, 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade, 6th
Form: Rhyme
Buffalo Clouds
Buffalo Clouds

Buffalo roam
The skies today 
Hides of white
Touch of gray

There’s platypus 
Pegasus
And
Hippo too

But it’s the Buffalo
Stampeding 
Our skies of blue

By: Bill MacEachern
03/29/2021...

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Categories: hippo, allusion,
Form: Rhyme

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