Read full poem →brush for muskrats, barking at a coon in a treetop
at midnight, chewing a bone, chasing his tail round
a corncrib,
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. chasing
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Poetry examples for “chasing”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →The reader of the letter is telling how the writer
Left his wife chasing the lure of women.
Read full poem →A son is light and fniit; a fruitful flame
Chasing the father's dimness."
Read full poem →Another, and another, and another,
Chasing each other through her zodiac,
As Taurus chases Aries.
Read full poem →From behind each fence and farm-yard wall,
Chasing the red-coats down the lane,
Then crossing the fields to emerge again
Read full poem →From behind each fence and farmyard wall,
Chasing the redcoats down the lane,
Then crossing the fields to emerge again
Read full poem →The leader of the cruel hunt to them,
Chasing the wolf and wolf-cubs up the steep
Read full poem →Chorus.—My heart’s in the Highlands, my heart is not here,
My heart’s in the Highlands, a-chasing the deer;
Chasing the wild-deer, and following the roe,
Read full poem →The warriour's ardour, and the patriot's zeal.
If, chasing past events with vain pursuit,
Or wand'ring in the wilds of future being,
Read full poem →Down the old orchard, and there's something cruel
Chasing me; someone roused to a grim pursuit
Of clumsy anger ... Crash! I'm through the fence