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Humor Poems | Examples of Humor Poetry

Humor Poems - Examples of all types of humor poetry to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous poem examples for humor.
CHEERY - O
CHEERY – O Off You go, Cheerio. It has been fun, You did silly things. You made me laugh a lot And it was almost enough To make me love you forever. But then I found the laugh was on me. You were joking away,...Read the rest...
Categories: humor, lost love,
Form: Etheree



When dark descends on White House
A few things laws may him deprive, Trump still to White House may arrive. And if serves felony, May collect a bounty Of horse and gun and Dollars five. A law renown as ass, At times is laughing gas, He that looks...Read the rest...
Categories: america, humor, political,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Rue Saint-Honore
It's the weekend (Friday night). Lisa and I are hangin’, music’s playing, and we’re rummaging through my suitcase, for an outfit option, for me, tonight. Call it cliché, but we like going out - and...Read the rest...
Categories: fashion, friendship, fun, humor,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member It is a Bark and Stormy Night
I sit up in my bed. The tiny reading lamp sends out searchlight rays in my dim-lit bedroom on this stormy night. Duggie the dachshund searches tenaciously behind my back, into my embroidered pillow. He is, above all,...Read the rest...
Categories: dog, humor,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Scary to Larry
There once was a farmer named Larry With a hundred cows at his dairy Larry did his best Hired help for the rest Milking that many cows was scary ...Read the rest...
Categories: farm, funny, humor, life,
Form: Limerick



Premium Member Think of This
Imagine this – if you have the courage: scientists just conquered Death, the scourge and fear of mankind for millennia. But not everyone’s shouting halleluljah. Foremost are religionists and lobbyists; both groups are especially furious by this. The first because...Read the rest...
Categories: dark, humor,
Form: Didactic
Premium Member You Are Always On My Mind: A Note From Your Stalker
You Are Always on my Mind: A Note From Your Stalker Today I saw you leaving I watched you pull away Then I jumped into my car And followed you all day You are always on my mind You are always...Read the rest...
Categories: funny, humor, parody,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member egg beaters
I fear that we must put all our political eggs in one bastard...Read the rest...
Categories: humor, political,
Form: Monoku
Premium Member Baked Temptresses
They tease me, Vying for my attention Behind the bakery display case. Voluptuous, some bursting with fruit, The brazen, the coquettish, They tease me. Which to pick? The Austrian strudel or Danish Vying for my attention? Impetuously taking her In my...Read the rest...
Categories: food, humor, metaphor,
Form: Verse
Premium Member The Dance of Jealousy
You came by to give her a surprise. Her shorts and top were a feast for the eyes. She says he was there to teach her trig. Your doin' the jealousy jig! She tells amazing...Read the rest...
Categories: dance, humor, jealousy,
Form: Rhyme
This isn’t fair
Bro this isn’t fair How can they do this to me How can they dare How ruthless can they be? I know my civil rights They don’t even know That i’m about to really turn on the lights I’m about to expose...Read the rest...
Categories: humor, abuse, anger, earth, environment,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Size Seventeen Shoes
As a prank he dressed up in drag But his cover soon hit a snag With size seventeen shoes His tongue loosened with booze The cat was soon out of the bag ...Read the rest...
Categories: confusion, funny, humor, image,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member 34-felonies
He’s a very famous shell-man. Who thought he was coated with teflon. Can a narcissist be taught a lesson? By him, the prosecutor and judge were threatened, could the legal system withstand his aggression? Yeah, his guilt was proven beyond...Read the rest...
Categories: humor, political, trust, truth,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Critterature: The Saga of Veronica Vole
This is the saga of Veronica Vole Who committed the perfect crime. She murdered three lovers, But not all at once, She did 'em in one at a time. The first was a lemur, A two-timing schemer, Who seduced all thirteen of...Read the rest...
Categories: animal, humor,
Form: Light Verse
Premium Member Physics Class
You're tired of studying the spring? Rise above that and learn to swing. It's oscillatory motion, you bum, The science of the pendulum....Read the rest...
Categories: humor, science,
Form: Epigram

Specific Types of Humor Poems

Definition | What is Humor in Poetry?


Book: Shattered Sighs