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Irony Poems | Examples of Irony Poetry

Irony Poems - Examples of all types of irony 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 irony.
Premium Member UN-NEEDINESS
Saw a man in a tux holding a sign that read: ...Read the rest...
Categories: irony,
Form: Monoku



Premium Member Precision
The sport of golf demands precision baseball, perfect vision... Although more popular than them all ~ football’s just collision* ______________________________ ...Read the rest...
Categories: irony, baseball, football, golf, how
Form: Rubai
Premium Member unbared
Our needs are boundless - our wounds sensitive - better not to bare them - lest we invite opinion, debate and comparison, or worse yet, sympathy (euuww). . . Songs for this.. If You’re Too shy (Let me know) by The 1975 Musta Been A...Read the rest...
Categories: angst, character, humor, irony,
Form: Free verse
Apples to oranges gruk
Not all fruit ripens at the same time, ...Read the rest...
Categories: allegory, bible, christian, irony,
Form: Grook
I Hear You
I hear your shallow breathing Groans and sharp inhales Of oxygen through your teeth Wet shoes at the 7-11 and the Chinese Zodiac I hear, “Can I get a room key?” Slamming doors and...Read the rest...
Categories: betrayal, heartbreak, heartbroken, irony,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member The Indescribable
The indescribable Appears as Describable Rendering the Describable As indescribable......Read the rest...
Categories: i am, irony, words,
Form: Light Verse
Premium Member BLANKETY-BLANK VERSE
Alas it is a chore to write Blank Verse Unable to peruse my rhyme filled purse In search for words not better but not worse A sad lament of poetry’s last curse To stab the darkness with an ill-used...Read the rest...
Categories: humor, irony, muse, words,
Form: Verse
Premium Member Another Sunny Day
Another sunny day - Birds sing outside my door. I can't hear them. It seems I've spilled milk on the floor, And mother loudly screams. Another sunny day - We learn the Golden Rule, And go...Read the rest...
Categories: dark, humor, irony, sun,
Form: Monchielle Stanza
Premium Member Sins
‘Tis through God’s grace we're able to withstand inane commissions of the human mind. We question why but never understand then search for answers that we’ll never find. We scan our thoughts where evil bides within and wonder...Read the rest...
Categories: holocaust, irony, philosophy, prejudice,
Form: Sonnet
Disillusionment
on a silent night, the shadows surge. seeking the light, on life's eerie verge. nothing’s more kinder to my fading heart, than the sore reminder of my pervading art. in my restless void, dreams will emerge. things once enjoyed, now just an urge. all paths lead to...Read the rest...
Categories: irony, deep, depression, extended metaphor,
Form: Free verse
Crunching away but I'm not hungry
So I am hungry Now I wait for my food but My heart eats itself...Read the rest...
Categories: anxiety, emotions, food, irony,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Invisible Poetry Soup, Part Nummer 9
Why, there's nothing here to swallow at all. Nothing between...Read the rest...
Categories: irony,
Form: Epigram
Premium Member Salman Rushdie Goes Public
Salman Rushdie, advocate of Palestinian statehood for forty years Now publicly acknowledges what he greatly fears That 'Palestine' would be run by Hamas, and be a client state...Read the rest...
Categories: celebrity, integrity, irony, visionary,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member evil empire irony
When 1953 began Iran’s oil annexation plan Meant seizing our stuff But the CIA’s tough And installed the Shah as he-man   Since Iran’s parliament was dead And Muslims brutally bled The people rebelled But what came next spelled By an ayatollah they’d be led...Read the rest...
Categories: bullying, evil, history, irony,
Form: Limerick
Go with the Flow?
Go with the flow they say, But what's the point of it?, When you can't even stop when you need to, When you can't take ur time to enjoy the view, Cause you'll be going in a flow, A flow...Read the rest...
Categories: freedom, irony, journey, lost,
Form: Free verse

Specific Types of Irony Poems

Definition | What is Irony in Poetry?


Book: Reflection on the Important Things